FRENCH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
Annual Report 2006
Statement of Purpose
The French-American Foundation is the principal nongovernmental link between France and the United States
at leadership levels and across the full range of the FrenchAmerican relationship.
The purpose of the French-American Foundation is to
strengthen the French-American relationship as a vital
component of the trans-Atlantic partnership.
Founded in 1976, the French-American Foundation is also
committed to ensuring that the French-American relationship
should be vivid and relevant for the new generations that
have come of age since the end of the Cold War.
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French-American Foundation - 2006 Annual Report
PRESIDENT’S LETTER
Dear Friends of the French-American Foundation:
The year 2006 marked the 30th anniversary of the
establishment of the French-American Foundation. In
the 30 years prior to the founding of our organization,
every schoolchild in America and Western Europe
knew that the Atlantic Alliance was essential to
safeguarding world peace, individual liberty and
Western civilization. That is not at all obvious today,
especially not to the generation that has come of
age since the end of the Cold War. In a globalized
world there is every risk that our countries could
dissolve into a values-free void where nations are
respected only for their competitive advantage and
individuals esteemed only for their marginal utility.
The humanist principles of Western civilization must
be articulated and defended. A strong France in a
strong Europe must recapture the attention and energy
of the United States; together they must reassert the
universal values that France and America do
fundamentally represent; and together they must take
on the global challenges of the 21 st century,
enhancing the unity of the West and its leadership
in world affairs. The French-American Foundation
has an increasing role to play, not only through our
programs but also through the projection of our own
voice, visibility and influence, in promoting the unity
of the West through a vibrant trans-Atlantic partnership
anchored by a thriving French-American relationship.
Against this background, when the Board of Directors
elected me as the new president of the FrenchAmerican Foundation in the late summer of 2005,
they made it clear that the goal for the next generation
was that the French-American Foundation should be
the premier civil-society leadership organization
between France and the United States; and, to that
end, that it should increasingly attain its own voice,
visibility and influence.
During 2006, we hosted three incumbent ministers of
the French government: Pascal Clément, the Justice
Minister, at a private high-level gathering in July;
Nicolas Sarkozy, Minister of State and Minister of
the Interior, who delivered an important speech to
the French-American Foundation in Washington in
September; and Michèle Alliot-Marie, the Defense
Minister, who did the same in New York in October.
You will read about our other convening programs
elsewhere in this report.
In addition to continuing our Young Leaders program
in Paris and Avignon, we formed the alumni group of
the Young Leaders in this 25th anniversary year of
the program, which we named the “Young Leaders
Circle”. We held a symposium for the Young Leaders
alumni in New York in April on the theme: “Leadership
in the 21st Century”. We appointed two of our most
prominent Young Leaders as the “Co-Patrons” of the
Young Leaders Circle: Henri de Castries, chief
executive of AXA, and John Thain, chief executive
of NYSE Euronext. In addition, John and Henri were
the recipients of the Benjamin Franklin Award at the
annual French-American Foundation gala dinner in
New York in November.
We initiated a new policy program on “Equality of
Opportunity through Education and Employment:
French and American Perspectives” and we intend
to expand our policy programs on a continuing basis.
Our funding base among individuals and corporate
members increased as we initiated new membership
categories, from students to National Fellows. We
received significant new institutional funding for the
Young Leaders symposium. An important breakthrough
was achieved when we received the core grant for
our Equality of Opportunity program from the Ford
Foundation. We continued our prior and vital funding
relationships, for which we are deeply grateful, with
the Florence Gould Foundation, the Lounsbery
Foundation and with Ambassador Anne Cox
Chambers for the Young Leaders program.
In closing this letter, I wish especially to express my
gratitude to the members of our Board of Directors
for their encouragement, involvement and support.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Honorary Chairman
Chairman
Vice-Chairmen
President
Pierre Albouy
Elizabeth Frawley Bagley
Anne Cox Chambers
Allan M. Chapin
Paul B. Clemenceau
Alain Coblence
Bertrand Collomb
Michel David-Weill
Shannon Fairbanks
Charles Ferguson
Michel Garcin
Adam Gopnik
Robert L. Gordon, III
Charles B. Grace, Jr.
John H. J. Guth
Catharine Hamilton
Arthur A. Hartman
John G. Heimann
Stanley Hoffmann
Janet Howard
Yves-André Istel
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Walter J.P. Curley
Michael E. Patterson
François Bujon de l’Estang
Mrs. Anastassios Fondaras
Nicholas W. F-R. Dungan
Tony R. Judt
Jean Karoubi
Richard L. Kauffman
Howard H. Leach
Troland S. Link
James G. Lowenstein
Joanne Lyman
David T. McGovern
Clare Tweedy McMorris
William B. Matteson
Douglas M. Price
Felipe Propper de Callejon
Felix G. Rohatyn
Alfred J. Ross
Ernest A. Seillière
Leonard L. Silverstein
Anthony A. Smith
Marie-Monique Steckel
Elizabeth Stribling
John A. Thain
G. Richard Thoman
French-American Foundation - 2006 Annual Report
TABLE OF CONTENTS
POLICY PROGRAMS
> New policy program on “Equality of Opportunity
in Education and Employment: French and American Perspectives”......................4
> Ongoing Policy Programs ............................................................................7
LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGES
> Young Leaders Meeting................................................................................8
> 25th Anniversary Young Leaders Symposium ..................................................11
> Defense Symposium ..................................................................................14
CULTURAL PROGRAMS
> Translation Prizes ......................................................................................18
> Cultural Convening Programs ......................................................................18
> Cultural Leadership and Professional Exchanges..............................................19
CONVENING PROGRAMS
> Richard Lounsbery Foundation Seminar Series ................................................22
> Edward H. Tuck Meetings ..........................................................................25
The French-American Foundation ANNUAL GALA DINNER ............................................28
2005 ANNOTATED CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES ......................................................30
2006 CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES ..........................................................................38
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ....................................................................................40
2005-2006 CONTRIBUTORS ................................................................................42
HOW TO GIVE TO THE FOUNDATION ................................................................44
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POLICY PROGRAMS
T
he French-American Foundation’s multi-year policy programs are designed to provide an in-depth
comparative perspective on issues of common concern in France and the United States, to promote
the exchange of information about innovative approaches and best practices, and to produce a
significant impact on public debate and public policy in both countries. Our flagship policy programs,
including the Early Education Program, and the Maternal and Child Health Program, have generated
considerable public as well as media interest, and informed American policymakers at the state and
national levels. The French-American Foundation has conducted study tours on these policy areas for
governors, senators, and state legislators, and has provided testimony before the U.S. Senate.
New policy program on “EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION
AND EMPLOYMENT: FRENCH AND AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES”
In 2006, the French-American Foundation launched
a major new social policy program on “Equality of
Opportunity in Education and Employment: French
and American Perspectives.” It examines French and
American strategies to reduce the impact of
discrimination and promote greater opportunity for
minority and immigrant populations. This program
focuses particularly on education and employment,
critical policy vehicles for social integration.
In its first year, the Equality of Opportunity program
received major initial funding from the Ford
Foundation, with support also provided by the
Florence Gould Foundation. Additional financing is
being sought for program initiatives in development.
WHY THIS ISSUE? WHY NOW?
France and the United States share a belief in
equality for all citizens. Yet, despite efforts by both
countries, equality of opportunity remains elusive
for many minorities and immigrants. Recent events –
including Hurricane Katrina in the United States in
2005, and the riots which broke out a few months
later in largely immigrant metropolitan areas across
France – have fueled national debates about how
best to address entrenched inequalities and counter
discrimination.
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We believe there is now a window for policy
innovation. In France, the recent creation of a new
government agency, the Independent High
Commission for Equality and Against Discrimination
(HALDE), demonstrates the government’s commitment
to address ethnic-based social inequalities and
discrimination. Key French business leaders have
taken the lead by creating a Diversity Charter for
French employers. On a wider scale, the European
Union has ranked the rights to equal treatment as
one of its top priorities, making 2007 the “European
Year of Equal Opportunities for All,” and has
instructed all member States to devise effective antidiscrimination policies. Conversely, in the United
States, gains made since the beginning of the civil
rights movement such as affirmative action and
school desegregation have been reversed by a
series of Supreme Court decisions and state ballot
initiatives since the 1990s.
In this context, a French-American dialogue can
inform new strategies under consideration. French
decision-makers are debating the use of racial and
ethnic statistics, banned under French law, and
asking whether new affirmative action policies
(discrimination positive) can be adapted to the
“color-blind” French model. Meanwhile, some U.S.
states are abandoning race-based strategies in
favor of an area-based approach that resembles
certain French policies. At a time of active policy
debate and reform, and given the contrasting
approaches to affirmative action, pro-diversity
initiatives, and the use of racial and ethnic statistics,
this is an opportune moment for French-American
exchange on these topics.
PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
The French-American Foundation has ensured
program participation of representatives at the
highest level of civil rights organizations and
government agencies (NAACP-LDF, American Civil
Liberties Union, and Leadership Conference on
Civil Rights in the U.S.; HALDE, National Institute
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for Demographic Studies, and Representative
Council of Black Associations in France, among
others) as well as specialized scholars and experts.
Furthermore, the Foundation has engaged the
HALDE as a partner for a study tour in the U.S.
CONCRETE INITIATIVES of the “Equality of Opportunity” program so far include:
• An inaugural two-day seminar on “Equality of
Opportunity: French and American Perspectives on
Education and Employment” (November 13-14, 2006).
This roundtable discussion convened French and
American scholars with a select group of policy makers
to engage in an in-depth dialogue about discrimination,
segregation, affirmative action and anti-discrimination
policies, particularly in education and employment.
The seminar was open only to invited participants and
“observers” to ensure the highest level of dialogue
among the gathered experts. The inaugural seminar
also generated ideas for future program initiatives.
Alison Bernstein, Vice President of the Knowledge,
Creativity, & Freedom Program at the Ford Foundation,
highlighted the “ unprecedented comparative approach
of this seminar, convening scholars and policy makers
from both countries to examine policy initiatives to combat
ethnic inequality and social exclusion.”
“EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY” Seminar Participants
INTRODUCTORY PANEL
• Shanny L. Peer, Director of Policy Programs,
French-American Foundation
• Daniel Sabbagh, Senior Research Fellow,
• Owen Fiss,
Sterling Professor of Law,
Yale Law School
Center for International Research and Studies
(Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques)
PANEL 1: Identifying the Categories for Discrimination and Antidiscrimination: Race, Class, Religion
• Ann Morning, Assistant Professor, Department
of Sociology, New York University (chair)
• Kimberlé Crenshaw, Professor of Law,
UCLA Law School and Columbia School of Law
• Eric Fassin, Sociologist,
Ecole Normale Supérieure
• Emmanuelle Saada, Associate Professor, Columbia
University Center for French and Francophone Studies
and Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
• Valérie Amiraux, CNRS, Marie Curie Fellow,
Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies,
European University Institute
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PANEL 2: The Measurement of Discrimination
• Dennis Parker, Director of the Racial Justice
Program, American Civil Liberties Union (chair)
• Arnaud Lefranc, Economist,
Université de Cergy-Pontoise
and Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies,
European University Institute
• Devah Pager, Assistant Professor of Sociology,
Princeton University
• Patrick Simon, Research Fellow, Institut National
d’Etudes Démographiques
• Alfred Blumrosen, Thomas Cowan Professor
of Law Emeritus, Rutgers University
PANEL 3: The Process of Employment Discrimination
• Susan P. Sturm
George M. Jaffin Professor of Law and Social
Responsibility, Columbia University School of Law (chair)
• Linda Hamilton Krieger,
Professor of Law,
University of California at Berkeley,
Boalt Hall School of Law
• Frederick Schauer, Frank Stanton Professor
of the First Amendment, John F. Kennedy School
of Government, Harvard University
• Roxane Silberman, Senior Research Fellow, CNRS
(Centre Maurice Halbwachs)
• Eric Cediey, Political Scientist, Centre d’Observation
et Recherche sur l’Urbain et ses Mutations (ORUM)
PANEL 4: Segregation, Education, and Institutions
• Wayne Meisel, President
of the Bonner Foundation (chair)
• Dalton Conley, Professor of Sociology
and Director of the Center for Advanced
Social Science Research, New York University
• Georges Felouzis,
Professor of Sociology,
Université Victor-Segalen, Bordeaux II
• Franck Poupeau, Research Fellow,
Centre de Sociologie Européenne
PANEL 5: Assessing "Color-blind" Alternatives to Affirmative Action in Higher Education
• Joël Vallat, Principal of the Lycée Louis-le-Grand (chair)
• Gary Lavergne, Director of Admissions Research
and Policy Analysis, Office of Admissions,
University of Texas at Austin
• Agnès Van Zanten, Senior Research Fellow, CNRS
(Observatoire Sociologique du Changement –
Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris)
• Patrick Weil, Senior Research Fellow,
CNRS (Centre d’Histoire Sociale
du XXe Siècle – Université Paris I)
• Glenn Loury, Merton P. Stoltz
Professor of the Social Sciences,
Brown University
PANEL 6: Policy Perspectives on Affirmative Action in France and the United States
• Alison Bernstein, Vice President,
Knowledge, Creativity, & Freedom Program,
The Ford Foundation (chair)
• Theodore M. Shaw, Director-Counsel and
President of the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)
• Julie Fernandes, Senior Policy Analyst
and Special Counsel, Leadership
Conference on Civil Rights
• Claude-Valentin Marie, Vice-President
of the Haute Autorité de Lutte Contre
les Discriminations et pour l’Egalité (HALDE)
• Louis-Georges Tin, Associate Professor,
University of Orléans; spokesperson for
the Conseil Représentatif des Associations Noires
• Jacqueline Berrien, Deputy Director-Counsel
of the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)
MEMBERS OF THE “EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY” SEMINAR STEERING COMMITTEE:
• Devah Pager,
Assistant Professor of Sociology,
Princeton University
• Shanny L. Peer,
Director of Policy Programs,
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• Daniel Sabbagh, Senior Research Fellow, Center
for International Research and Studies (Fondation
Nationale des Sciences Politiques) (chair)
• Agnès Van Zanten, Senior Research Fellow,
CNRS (Observatoire Sociologique du
Changement – Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris)
• A public roundtable discussion on “Discrimination
Positive?: French Debates about Affirmative Action”
(November 15, 2006), featuring Kimberlé
Crenshaw, Professor of Law, UCLA Law School
and Columbia School of Law and Executive Director
of the African American Policy Forum; Joël Vallat,
Principal of the Lycée Louis-le-Grand; Patrick Weil,
Senior Research Fellow, CNRS; and Daniel
Sabbagh, Senior Research Fellow, Center for
International Research and Studies. Panelists
discussed approaches to combating discrimination
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and promoting greater equality within French
society, especially for minorities and immigrants,
and considered whether affirmative action policies
can be an appropriate – and effective – remedy
in the French context.
NEXT ACTION STEPS in the Equality of Opportunity program include:
• A U.S. study tour for a French delegation, in partnership
with the HALDE, to examine (1) the legal framework
of anti-discrimination law in the U.S.; (2) the role of
civil rights organizations in defending minority and
immigrant rights; and (3) academic research on
discrimination, and on anti-discrimination policies
(planned for October 2007)
• A study tour and report on the “percentage plans”
introduced in state university systems in several U.S. states,
including Texas and California, to increase student diversity.
Similar plans – inspired by the American example – have
been proposed by French policymakers, and our goal
is to identify lessons learned from the U.S. experience
which could inform the design of comparable measures
in the French context (planned for November 2007)
• A scholar-in-residence program abroad for a legal
scholar or civil rights litigator specializing in antidiscrimination law
• An exchange of young leaders of U.S. and French
civil rights organizations and NGOs engaged in
defending minority and immigrant rights
• Special issue publications in several peer-reviewed
journals, including French Politics, Culture and Society,
and Sociétés contemporaines
Ongoing POLICY PROGRAMS
The Early Education Program, which began in
1999, focuses on France’s renowned preschool
system (école maternelle). Pursuant to this program,
the Foundation has conducted study tours, published
reports, organized working forums, informed the
media, and briefed policy makers at the highest
levels. Our work in this area continues to interest
important stakeholders in early childhood policy. In
November 2006, Shanny Peer organized two days
of site visits and meetings in Paris about France’s
early childhood services for a small but influential
delegation comprised of Greg Shaw, Education
Director at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,
Dan Pedersen, President of the Buffett Early Childhood
Fund, and Ken Levit, President of the George Kaiser
Family Foundation. The group’s trip to Europe also
included visits to Reggio Emilia in Italy, and the United
Kingdom. In France, the group visited two crèches,
a PMI health care center, and an école maternelle
providing wrap-around care for children during school
holidays. The purpose of the trip was to give these
three major foundations the opportunity to learn about
early education and care services provided for
children from birth to age five in these three European
countries. This tour was also meant to inform both
their local work in their own communities and their
national vision as leaders of a new consortium called
the “Zero to Five Policy Advisory Council,” which
brings together foundations, national advocacy
groups, and organizations such as the National
Governors’ Association.
Other policy programs in development will focus
on French and American health care policy, school
food and child health in the two countries, and
environmental sustainability.
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LEADERSHIP AND
PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGES
T
he French-American Foundation’s Leadership Programs and Professional Exchanges are designed
to provide leading French and American professionals in a variety of sectors and specialties with
a forum to examine together pressing issues of common concern and to share best practices. While
promoting dialogue and exchange, these programs also serve to build lasting trans-Atlantic networks.
YOUNG LEADERS PROGRAM
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2006, the Young
Leaders program was created in 1981 in response
to observations that the close working relationships
between French and American leaders in the postwar period were waning as new, younger leaders
rose with little exposure to their trans-Atlantic partners.
From its inception, the program has taken small
groups of carefully selected up-and-coming leaders
from diverse professions and provided them with
the opportunity to spend five days discussing issues
of mutual interest and concern and, most importantly,
getting to know one another. The relaxed
atmosphere and the off-the-record nature of the
conferences have fostered trenchant and open
discussions of policy and social issues and, as
importantly, have been very successful in developing
a new network of trans-Atlantic leaders.
The 19 meetings held since 1981 have been
attended by over 250 influential men and women,
many of whom have gone on to positions of
significant responsibility in both France and in the
United States.
XIX YOUNG LEADERS MEETING October 4 - 8, 2006
Paris and Avignon
From October 4 to 8, the Foundation hosted a
group of twenty-seven French and American Young
Leaders for a series of seminars, official visits and
receptions in Paris and Avignon. The Young Leaders
debated a number of issues currently facing both
France and the United States during the course of
their meetings and discussions with prominent
political figures, business leaders and academics.
After an opening luncheon on October 4, Young
Leaders met with Deputy Editor Erik Izraelewicz at
Les Echos, France’s principal business daily. Later
that afternoon, they were received at the Hotel de
Brienne by French Minister of Defense Michèle
Alliot-Marie, who spoke to them about the
continuing importance of trans-Atlantic cooperation
on security matters.
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et de Prévision of the French Foreign Ministry.
The Young Leaders were welcomed warmly by the
city of Avignon and enjoyed its sights and
hospitality. In addition to informal social gatherings
held over the weekend, Marie-Josée Roig, the
Mayor of Avignon, graciously received the group
at the Palais des Papes for a tasting of regional
wines and an elegant dinner in the medieval papal
audience chamber.
The second day began with a breakfast and
meeting with Henri de Castries, CEO of AXA. The
discussion focused on the state of the world
economy as well as different approaches towards
reform and risk-taking in the U.S. and France. Later
that morning, with the help of moderators
Jean-Marc Jancovici, a consultant at Manicore,
and Eric Fassin, Directeur d’Etudes at the Ecole
Normale Supérieure, the Young Leaders debated
the challenge of environmental sustainability and the
comparative experience of immigration and
integration in France and the United States. French
Minister of Trade Christine Lagarde joined the
Young Leaders for lunch, after which she made an
eloquent presentation on the benefits and
challenges associated with globalization.
That evening, Ambassador Craig Stapleton
welcomed the entire Young Leaders community at
the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence for a reception
held in their honor.
After two intensive days in Paris, the Young Leaders
traveled south to Avignon for two more days of
debate and conversation. They examined the
challenges facing the media in the Internet era as
well as the building blocks of the French-American
relationship with the help of moderators Michael
Oreskes, Executive Editor of The International
Herald Tribune, and Justin Vaïsse, special advisor
on trans-Atlantic relations at the Centre d’Analyse
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YOUNG LEADERS CLASS OF 2006
• Raymond Jefferson
Leadership and Organization
Practice
McKinsey Consulting
• Elizabeth Alderman
Business Editor
International Herald Tribune
• Philippe Askenazy
Professor of Economics
French National Center for
Scientific Research (CNRS)
Center for Economic Research
and its Applications
(CEPREMAP)
• Karol Beffa
Pianist and Composer
Ecole Normale Supérieure
• Najat Belkacem
President of the
Cultural Commission
Regional Council
of Rhone-Alpes
• Gina Bianchini
Co-founder and CEO
Ning, Inc.
• Roland de la Brosse
Chief Executive Officer
Plasto
• Anne-Laure de Coincy
Member of Cabinet for Günter
Verheugen,Vice-President
of the European Commission
• Louis Dreyfus
Deputy Managing Director
Groupe Nouvel Observateur
• Jean-Louis Escary
Chairman and CEO
GenOdyssee SA
• Jan Crawford Greenburg
Correspondent
ABC
• Art Hall
City Council Member
City of San Antonio
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• Adam Kaplin
Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychiatry,
Division of Neuropsychiatry
Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
• Yves de Kerdrel
Columnist
Le Figaro
• Serena Koenig
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
• Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet
Députée de l’Essonne,
UMP
Member of Parliament
• Marie Lajus
Commissaire Principale
Préfecture de Police
• Frédéric Lemoine
Président du Conseil de
Surveillance
Areva
• David Mercer
President
Mercer & Associates, Inc.
• Camille Morineau
Conservatrice aux
Collections contemporaines
Musée National d’Art Moderne
Centre Georges Pompidou
• Bruno Paccagnini
Colonel
French Air Force
• Celina Realuyo
Director of Counterterrorism
Finance Programs
U.S. Department of State
• Maximilien Rouer
Chief Executive Officer
Becitizen
• Mary-Elise Sarotte
Tenured University Lecturer,
St. John’s College
Cambridge University
• James Thomas
Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Plans and Acting
Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Strategy
• Lee Wolosky
Partner
Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP
• Phoebe Yang
Vice-President for Business
Development and Strategy
Discovery Communications, Inc.
25th ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM April 27 - 28, 2006
New York City
LEADERSHIP IN THE 21st CENTURY
A Report by Robert L. Gordon III
The magnificence of New York City provided the
perfect backdrop for celebrating the
25th anniversary of the Young Leaders Program
and conducting a symposium on leadership in
the 21st century. This year’s conference brought
together a distinguished group of French and U.S.
speakers and participants to identify, explore,
and debate the leadership dimensions that are
essential to 21st century leadership. Indeed, the
common thread running through the conference
sessions included new challenges wrought by a
globalized world and the requisite leadership
characteristics that are essential for French and
U.S leaders to address those challenges.
The French American Foundation’s president,
Nicholas Dungan, kicked off the conference by
noting the importance of the subject of leadership,
given that it was the 25th anniversary of the Young
Leaders Program and that the assembled Young
Leaders were well suited to wrestle with the topic.
And thus began a two day journey of vibrant
panel discussions and group activities canvassing
the complexities, challenges, and opportunities
of leadership in modern day society. Young
Leaders from different generations found themselves
ensconced in collectively defining leadership,
teasing out its most important dimensions, and
using this leadership concept and their real world
experiences to explore a host of leadership issues,
including leadership and gender, private-public
partnerships, and new pathways and horizons.
Additionally, Young Leaders participants were
treated to an interview with Robert B. Zoellick,
the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State by Jean-David
Levitte, French Ambassador to the United States.
Their discussion explored the ways in which the
trans-Atlantic partnership can enhance international
peace and security; discussed leadership qualities
essential to strengthening the partnership between
the two countries; and canvassed international
issues, from a normative perspective, into which
the U.S. and France should delve over the next
few decades.
The two day event also included honoring Ezra
Suleiman and Connie Ellis for their vision,
founding, and commitment to the Young Leaders
Program. Indeed, both were in attendance, and
were lauded for nurturing and fostering a
generation of Young Leaders dedicated to
building, strengthening, and sustaining a healthy
and productive French-American relationship.
The symposium culminated with a discussion, led
by President Nicholas Dungan and Michel Garcin,
French-American Foundation-France, on the future
of the Young Leaders program and crafting the
next generation of Young Leaders. Indeed, the
Foundation endeavors to broaden, strengthen,
and re-vitalize the Young Leaders network while reinvigorating Young Leaders’ commitment to positive
community, trans-Atlantic, and global change.
In summary, the 25 th Anniversary Symposium
succeeded in being a celebration of a quarter
century success story that has provided the United
States and France with a growing group of men
and women who have assumed the mantle of
leadership in their countries and who appreciate
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and value French-American relations, are making
important contributions to their societies, and are
committed to fostering the personal friendships
and professional relationships that result in a
“The sessions were crafted
so as to suggest a logical
progression in
understanding what
leadership entails in
contemporary France and
America, and what it is
most likely to resemble
in the future.”
vibrant and healthy trans-Atlantic relationship
essential to addressing the challenges and
opportunities of the 21 st century global
environment.
“Faced with the vast question of
leadership in the 21st century, the
French-American Foundation’s small
contribution consists in identifying
some of the leaders of tomorrow and
challenging them, by means of the
Young Leaders program, to think
about how they can address common
challenges and provide better
leadership.“
PARTICIPANTS
• Pierre Albouy
Managing Director
Rothschild, Inc.
• Manuel Carcassonne
Editor
Editions Grasset
• François Dufour
Fondateur et Rédacteur en Chef
Play Bac Publishing
• Jean-Luc Allavena
Directeur du Cabinet
de S.A.S. le Prince Souverain
Principauté de Monaco
• Jérôme Chartier
Député du Val d’Oise
• Nicolas Dufourcq
Directeur Financier
Direction Europe du Sud et Centrale
Cap Gemini
• Bertrand Badré
Associé Gérant
Lazard Frères
• Antony Blinken
Democratic Staff Director
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
• Michel Bon
Senior Adviser
Dôme, Close Brothers
• Amy Butte
Executive VP and CFO
New York Stock Exchange
• Pastora San Juan Cafferty
Professor, School of Social
Service Administration
The University of Chicago
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• Laurent Cohen-Tanugi
Partner
Skadden Arps
• Christophe Cros
Directeur Général délégué
Suez Environnement
• Gilles de Margerie
Directeur Finances et Risques
Groupe
Crédit Agricole S.A.
• Sophie-Caroline de Margerie
Maître des Requêtes
Conseil d’Etat
• Deborah Devedjian
Copernicus Learning
• Louis Dreyfus
Editor-in-Chief
Libération
• Jean-Louis Escary
Chairman and CEO
GenOdyssee SA
• Charles Ferguson
Writer and Investor
• Olivier Ferrand
National Delegate of the Socialist
Party for European Affairs
Deputy Mayor, Paris,
3rd district
• Michel Garcin
Président du Directoire
French-American Foundation
Comité Français
• Nicolas Gaume
Senior VP Mobile Games
Groupe Lagardère
• Robert L. Gordon III
Senior Vice President
Civic Leadership
City Year, Inc.
• Mark Medish
Partner
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer,
and Feld, L.L.P.
• Calvin Sims
Director
New York Times
Television
• Maria G. Gotsch
Senior Vice President
New York City Investment Fund
• David Mercer
President
Mercer & Associates
• Anthony A. Smith
Brigadier General (ret.)
U.S. Army
• François Henrot
Managing Director
Rothschild
• Catherine Hodeir-Garcin
Agrégé d’histoire
IUFM de Picardie
• Sara Horowitz
Executive Director
Working Today
• Arthur H. House
President and CEO
Meridian Worldwide LLC
• Kenneth I. Juster, Esq.
General Counsel
SalesForce.com
• Alexander Jutkowitz
Hemispheric Partners
• Richard Kauffman
Chairman
The Financing Group
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
• Yves de Kerdrel
Chroniqueur éditorialiste
Le Figaro
• Christopher Laszlo
Partner
Sustainable Value Partners
• Sophie L’Hélias-Delattre
Avocat aux barreaux de Paris
et New York
• Roderick K. von Lipsey
Vice President
Goldman Sachs & Company
• Jamie Metzl
Executive Vice President
The Asia Society
• Cécile Moulard
Fondatrice
Sixième Continent
• Laurance N’Kaoua
Journaliste
Les Echos
• Clare O’Brien
Partner
Shearman & Sterling
• Diana Propper de Callejon
General Partner
Expansion Capital Partners
• Jamin Raskin
Professor of Constitutional Law
Washington College of Law
American University
• Kevin Ryan
Former Chief Executive Officer
Doubleclick, Inc.
• Kori N. Schake
Bradley Distinguished Professor
of International Security Studies
United States Military Academy
• James M. Shannon
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel
National Fire Protection
Association
• Guy Sorman
Président
Editions Sorman
• Joshua L. Steiner
Managing Principal
Quadrangle Group LLC
• John A. Thain
Chief Executive Officer
New York Stock Exchange
• Ian Thomas
Vice President
Europe Integrated
Defense Systems
The Boeing Company
• Nicolas Tissot
Directeur
Tractebel - Groupe Suez
• Agnès Touraine
Managing Partner
Act III Consultants
• Bob Treuhold
Partner
Shearman and Sterling
• Arnaud Ventura
Executive Vice President
PlaNet Finance
• William F. Wechsler
Vice-President
Greenwich Associates
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DEFENSE SYMPOSIA
T
he French-American Foundation Defense Symposia are a unique forum for senior military officers
and defense experts from France and the United States to meet on an informal, off-the-record basis
to exchange views on timely subjects in the defense and security field. To date, the French-American
Foundation has organized eight symposia, each of which has, from various perspectives, considered
the roles of the French and American military, the ways they are changing and adapting in the postcold war world, how these changes affect cooperation, and how both militaries can learn from each
other and work together more efficiently. The venue for the symposium alternates between the United
States and France. The Foundation works with US-CREST and co-sponsor, the Fondation pour la Recherche
Stratégique, to organize each meeting.
EIGHTH DEFENSE SYMPOSIUM October 19-21, 2006
French-American Foundation and Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
Civil-Military Coordination and Crisis Exit Strategies
Paris, France
The theme of the 2006 symposium on “Civil-Military
Coordination and Crisis Exit Strategies” was particularly
timely in light of current operations in the world,
undertaken by both militaries. The symposium examined
U.S. and French initiatives to foster more effective civilmilitary coordination at national and multinational levels
and considered such questions as: How has the role
of civilian-military coordination in French and U.S.
national security strategy evolved? How can military
and civilian instruments of national power be deployed
in a more coherent and integrated manner? What are
possible models and concepts for multinational, civilmilitary strategic consultation, situational assessment
and planning?
The conference began with a discussion of the
importance of coordination between military and civilian
agencies in national security strategies. Participants
acknowledged that in the future, most military operations
will be increasingly complex and will require close,
planned coordination between military personnel and
civilians. Discussion also encompassed the specifics of
civil-military coordination in both the planning phase
and in the actual theater of operations. The symposium
closed with an examination of several case studies,
including Kosovo and Afghanistan.
According to the experts in attendance, the discussions
were exceptionally rich and useful. Both the U.S. and
French delegations included a great number of active
duty general/flag rank officers. Senior officials from
the U.S. Department of State and USAID as well as
scholars from such institutions as CSIS, IDA and NDU
also contributed greatly to the quality of the debates.
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PARTICIPANTS
• Mr. Charles Cogan
Senior Research Associate
The Kennedy School
of Government
Harvard University
• Mr. Michael Coulter
Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Regional Stability
U.S. Department of State
• Mr. Jean-François Delpech
US-CREST
• Colonel John Agoglia
Director, U.S. Army Peacekeeping
and Stability Operations Institute
• Mr. William Anderson
USAID Senior Development
Advisor
U.S. European Command
• Brigadier General James Barclay III
Director, Joint Center for
Operational Analysis
U.S. Joint Forces Command
• Mr. Frederick Barton
Co-Director, Post-Conflict
Reconstruction Project,
Center for Strategic and
International Studies
• Dr. Yves Boyer
Directeur adjoint
Fondation pour
la Recherche Stratégique
• Lieutenant Colonel
Kelly M. Carrigg
Senior TRADOC
Liaison Officer
• Mr. Oscar De Soto
Director of Planning
Office of the Coordinator
for Reconstruction and
Stabilization (S/CRS),
U.S. Department of State
• Ingénieur général de l’armement
Jean-Pierre Devaux
• Général de corps aérien
Christan-Charles Falzone
• Mr. Herbert Fenster
Attorney
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
• Général de brigade
Jacques Cazamea
Etat-major des armées
Centre de planification et
de conduite des opérations
• Général de brigade Patrick Bazin
Etat-major des armées,
Division Emploi
• VAE (2s) Jean Betermier
Advisor to EADS
Président du Forum du Futur
• Dr. Hans Binnendijk
Director of the Center for
Technology and National Security
Policy
National Defense University
• Général de brigade Pierre Bourlot
Etat-major des armées
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• Lieutenant Commander
Joseph Geary
Olmsted Scholar
Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris
• Ms. Sarah Gordon
Second Secretary
Political Section,
U.S. Embassy, Paris
• Mr. Philippe Gros
Chargé d’analyse
et de développement
de concept, Centre
Européen de Recherche
Opérationnelle Militaire
Fondation pour la Recherche
Stratégique
• Ms. Caroline Gorse-Combalat
Cultural Affairs Assistant for Pol-Mil
Issues, Public Affairs
American Embassy in Paris
• Vice amiral d’escadre
Patrick Hebrard
Inspecteur des Forces en opérations
et de la défense du territoire
• Dr. Robert Grant
Senior Research Associate
US-CREST
• Ambassador John E. Herbst
Coordinator, Reconstruction and
Stabilization
U.S. Department of State
• Major General
Frank J. Grass
Director, Reserve Affairs
HQ, U.S. European Command
• Mr. Karl Hoffman
Deputy Chief of Mission
U.S. Embassy, Paris
• Rear Admiral
Carlton B. Jewett
Deputy Assistant Chief
of Staff for Defense Planning
Supreme Allied Command
for Transformation
• Brigadier General
Michael D. Jones
Deputy Director,
Politico-Military Affairs
(Middle East), J5
U.S. Joint Staff
• Mr. Clarence Juhl
Deputy Defense Advisor
U.S. Mission to NATO
• Lieutenant Colonel
Jeffrey Kulmayer
Assistant Army Attaché
USDAO Paris
U.S. Embassy, Paris
• Contre amiral Richard Laborde
Centre interarmées de concepts,
de doctrines et d’expérimentations
• Général de brigade
Jean-Marc Laurent
Délégation aux Affaires stratégiques
• Capitaine de vaisseau
Benoît Lugan
Etat-major des armées
• Rear Admiral
Douglas J. McAneny
Deputy Director
Pol-Mil Affairs
(Europe/Russia/NATO/Africa) J5
• Mr. Michael McNerney
Director, International Capabilities
DoD Stability Operations
• Colonel Bernard Metz
Etat-major des armies
• Capitaine de vaisseau
Jean-François Morel
Etat-major des armées
• Commander Albert Musgrove
Joint Center for Operational
Analysis
USJFCOM
• Dr. Jeffrey Nadaner
Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Stability Operations
U.S. Department of Defense
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• Général de corps aérien
Patrick Paimbault
Sous-chef Opérations
Etat-major des armées
• Ms. Martha Patterson
Diplomatic Strategy
Advisor Office of
the Coordinator
for Reconstruction and
Stabilization (S/CRS),
U.S. Department of State
• Mr. Robert Polk
Institute for Defense Analyses
• Sergeant Major Todd Priest
Joint Center for Operational
Analysis
USJFCOM
• Général de division Benoît Puga
Centre des Opérations Spéciales
• Général de division
Bertrand Ract Madoux
Etat-major des armées
• Mr. Gus Recinos
Political/Military Officer
U.S. Embassy Paris
• Mr. Diego Ruiz Palmer
Head, Planning Section
Operations Division
NATO HQ
• Ms. Hélène René
Centre interarmées
de concepts, de doctrines
et d’expérimentations
• Colonel
Christophe de Saint Chamas
Centre interarmées de concepts,
de doctrines et d’expérimentations
• Colonel
Arnaud Sainte Claire Deville
Etat-major des armées
• Mr. Guillaume Schlumberger
Directeur, Fondation pour la
Recherche Stratégique
• Dr. Kori Schake
Bradley Professor of International
Security Studies
United States Military Academy
• Lieutenant Commander
Walter Slaughter
Executive Assistant to the Director
Joint Center for Operational
Analysis - USJFCOM
• Brigadier General (ret.) U.S.
Army Anthony A. Smith
Senior Advisor to and former
President of the French-American
Foundation
• Major Lonnie S. Spangler
U.S. Army, U.S. Special
Operations Command, Europe
• Dr. Bruno Tertrais
Maître de recherche
Fondation pour la Recherche
Stratégique
• Commander Roger Ullman
French Joint War College
Collège Interarmées de Défense
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CULTURAL PROGRAMS
T
he French-American Foundation carries out its cultural programming by implementing both convening
programs and leadership and professional exchanges in the cultural arena. The social and economic
context in the United States, with an emphasis on the private sector and its ethnic diversity, and in
France, where the influence of the public sector is predominant and ethnic diversity is a relatively recent
phenomenon, affects the respective approaches to cultural policy in ways that invite useful comparison.
The differences between “bottom up” and “top down” systems present competing yet complementary
views and serve as the founding element of a rich debate.
TRANSLATION PRIZES
On May 15, the French-American Foundation and the
Florence Gould Foundation awarded the 19th Translation
Prizes at a ceremony at the Century Club, recognizing
Daniel Weissbort’s translation of Missing Person , by
Patrick Modiano (David Godine Publishers) in the fiction
category, and Sharon Bowman’s
translation of The American Enemy: the
History of French Anti-Americanism, by
Philippe Roger (University of Chicago
Press) in the non-fiction category.
CULTURAL CONVENING PROGRAMS
The cultural convening programs address
issues of common concern to French and
American cultural professionals in a given
field. The topics cover the whole range of
cultural policy or “cultural industry” issues.
These programs take the shape of lectures,
conferences or panel discussions which bring
together a targeted audience. These
programs very often dovetail with multi-year
thematic programs, leadership and
professional exchange programs and
specialized publications.
In May, in partnership with the French Institute
Alliance Française, the French-American
Foundation organized a luncheon and
dialogue with Jacques Toubon, President of
the Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de
l’Immigration and Diana Pardue, Chief, Museum Services
Division, Statue of Liberty NM and Ellis Island.
Jacques Toubon and Diana Pardue discussed the creation of
the new Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, which
opened its doors in April 2007. Mr. Toubon explained the
reasons for the creation of this museum and its genesis. He
drew a comparison between this project and the Ellis Island
Immigration Museum.
The Management and Governance of Major Cultural
Institutions was the subject of a conference held at the
Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York on
September 12 th. Philippe Agid and Jean-Claude
Tarondeau, Honorary Professor at the Ecole Supérieure
des Sciences Economiques et Sociales, introduced the
major themes of their recently published book, L’Opéra
de Paris: Gouverner une grande institution culturelle
(Vuibert, February 2006), which draws a comparative
analysis of the management strategies of four major opera
houses in the world: the Paris Opera House, the New York
Metropolitan Opera, the Wiener Staatsoper, and
the Bayerische Oper of Munich.
PARTICIPANTS
• Philippe Agid,
Former Deputy Chief Executive,
Opéra de Paris
L’Opéra de Paris:
Gouverner
une grande
institution culturelle
Philippe Agid et
Jean-Claude
Tarondeau
(Vuibert,
February 2006)
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• Jane Gullong,
Executive Director,
New York City Opera
• Stewart Pearce, Assistant Manager
Operations, Metropolitan Opera
• Marc A. Scorca,
President & CEO,
Opera America
• Jean-Claude Tarondeau,
Honorary Professor,
Ecole Supérieure des Sciences
Economiques et Sociales
• Heidi Waleson,
Opera critic,
The Wall Street Journal
• Brann Wry,
Director, Performing Arts Administration
Program,
Steinhardt School,
New York University
The topics of discussion focused on the overall
economics of American opera companies as compared
to those in Europe, with particular attention to the
importance of state subsidies as opposed to private
contributions, the degree of reliance on box office
receipts and how these factors affect repertory selection,
production styles and other artistic choices. Shrinking
subsidies for the arts, and box office and audience
development challenges were also debated, followed
by a dialogue on long-term trends in the U.S. and
Europe including, for example, the decrease in the U.S.
of subscription purchases and the roles of various
constituencies (board members, the press, company
members, donors, subscribers and single ticket buyers).
Finally, the panelists addressed cultural planning and
cultural tourism, the emerging issues of changing
demographics in Europe and multiculturalism in France,
the EU and the U.S.
This conference was a first step towards a more
extensive comparative study of opera houses in Europe
and North America which the authors will carry out in
partnership with the French-American Foundation,
Opera Europa and Opera America. The results of this
new publication should be of great interest to
professionals in the field. It is a timely project as opera
houses must adapt without delay to a quickly changing
environment. The extended comparison will be
articulated around the following themes: the context in
which Opera houses were created; programming;
artistic and technical production; marketing strategies;
cost management; governance practices and significant
evolutions and trends over the past 20 years.
For more information on this project, please visit:
http://www.opera-gouvernance.fr/en/ils-ont-dit/index.php
CULTURAL LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGES
The cultural leadership and professional exchanges
enable professionals and experts from the United States
and France to share best practices in their respective
fields and to establish and strengthen ties between their
institutions. In addition, the study tours enable participants
to view their work and missions from a broader
perspective, to import and propose innovative ideas that
could improve the implementation of policies and
practices in their own countries. The study tours also serve
as a catalyst for the creation of trans-Atlantic networks
of experts. They are a unique opportunity for these
professionals to forge lasting relations with their
counterparts.
As France undergoes budgetary and structural changes
within the context of European unification and the
globalization of its economy, such shifts exert pressure to
modify the framework and management of its cultural policies.
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The Foundation’s cultural programs are designed to give
French professionals the opportunity to better understand
the complexities of public-private sector cooperation in
the United States. They see first hand how Americans
cope with a paucity of public funding for culture, the
methods employed to compensate for a dearth in public
investment, and to overcome the obstacles created by
the decentralized American political systems that impede
the design and implementation of coherent policies. The
study tours and convening events also address issues of
how to manage cultural diversity and facilitate minority
access. American professionals on the other hand,
discover how cultural policies are conceived and put
into practice in France’s dominant public sphere, how
French institutional centralization works and the important
role the State plays in funding, organizing and
implementing coherent and ambitious public policies.
COURANTS
As a direct result of the success of the 2005 program,
the French-American Foundation and the French Ministry
of Culture and Communications organized a second
study tour in the field of historic preservation in October
2006. A group of nine French professionals visted
New Orleans, LA, Colonial Williamsburg, VA and
Newport, RI. This study tour focused on current measures
undertaken in the U.S. to expand cultural and heritage
tourism. The goal of this trip was two-fold. On the one
hand, to ascertain the cultural heritage issues facing
the United States in three site-specific contexts—New
Orleans, Colonial Williamsburg and Newport; on the
other, to facilitate a sharing of experiences of
professionals and institutions from both countries.
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NEW INITIATIVES resulting from the Courants Program in Historic Preservation
• In response to the Courants 2005 Study Tour and to the reports of one of the participants, the President of the National
Trust for Historic Preservation, Richard Moe, created a working group to study the model of Les Journées du Patrimoine.
The primary purpose of Les Journées du Patrimoine is to create a greater awareness and appreciation for French
heritage. This 24-year old event attracts an estimated 12 million visitors to 16,000 heritage sites and 23,000 cultural
events during the 3rd weekend in September each year (according the 2007 event statistics) and other European
countries have quickly begun to emulate the success of this French event. The French-American Foundation has decided
to organize a follow-up study tour on Les Journées du Patrimoine in partnership with the French Ministry of Culture
and Communications for three senior delegates of the National Trust in Historic Preservation in 2007. The purpose
of this cultural exchange will be to meet with key organizations at the national, regional and local levels to learn
exactly how this event is coordinated, with a view towards possible replication in the United States.
• “Regards croisés” [“Alternate perspectives”] This exhibition of French and Louisianan photographs at the French
Ministry of Culture, at the Palais-Royal, and in the Hall des Bons Enfants will open on May 4, 2007. It is
anticipated that the exhibition will then be presented in Arles, at the Abbey of Montmajour.
“New Orleans, "our" America
At the end of October 2006, several French specialists in heritage and culture found themselves
in New Orleans, having been invited to participate in the program "Courants", which is a
part of the Ministry of Culture and the French-American Foundation. I knew the situation of the
city, having gone there numerous times, before and after the passing of Hurricane Katrina, and
by having numerous friends and ties to the city. This was not the case for most of my colleagues.
They discovered the beauty of the city, the generosity of the people, and also the community's
courage, humor, and regard for France. In the line of actions employed by the Ministry of Culture
in order to respond to the misfortunes to the Mother City of jazz, France welcomed musicians,
held expositions, and helped to restore New Orleans. We experienced, Marie-Frédérique
Bergeaud, Sophie Walhain, and myself, the importance to give a glimpse of the faces of a New
Orleans curiously unrecognized in France. We not only wanted to show the characteristics of
a hurting city, but also those of an old and complex city who is proud of its cultures.”
Gilles-Antoine Langlois - Université de Paris XII, Exhibition Curator
Photographers include: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alain Desvergnes, Bryce Lankard, Gilles Mora, Owen Murphy,
Chuck Patch, Christopher Porche West, Victoria Ryan, Louis Sahuc, Jennifer Shaw, Mark Sindler, Donn Young
• Encouragement of school and university cooperative initiatives for “outreach”
• Workshops and French-Louisianan cooperation on the theme of the landscape:
Botanical and historical heritage; restoration and development of historic parks and
gardens and coherent planning for the effective association of modern design and
heritage; professional exchanges of experiences at Chamarande and Méréville.
• Workshops and French-Louisianan cooperation on cultural tourism:
Cultural Heritage and its Audience: Avenues of Collaboration between France and the USA
1 Reflections from Courants delegation: French and American Specificities
“Despite recent press articles and the success of the
most recent book by Frédéric Martel “de la culture en
Amérique” (“Culture in America”), the USA and France
are closer than we may think, and are both countries
of exception culturelle1. Our stay was too short to
dialogue with our hosts about common French-American
approaches. However, especially in Louisiana, we
found that the State could be the driving force to
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unite public and private actors around a massive
community service project to benefit a region. In New
Orleans, the foundations and associations that understood
the importance of conservation and development of
cultural heritage did not seem to be able to make
their voices heard over the powerful lobbies defending
more specific interests.
The role of the State therefore seems essential to maintain
a balance in the regions, specify the orientations,
and choose policies likely to ensure the future while
looking to create an economic dynamic that is respectful
of the environment and the social bond. As to us, we
must learn how to grant freer reign to the economic
actors because they create jobs and can rejuvenate
the image of historic sites. In terms of French cultural
tourism and city management, 40% of “tourists” stay
with friends or family. Thus, the local population appears
to be very influential with respect to visiting the monuments
of the territory. Reckoning this fact should reorient tourist
development strategies, which should combine the
development of cultural heritage with a positive identity
of the region, the quality of welcome with the environment
of the inhabitants with local events undertaken by the
local population.”
2 Hospitality Strategies for Visitors and the Educational Dimension
“In France, the territorial communities have invested
heavily in educational community projects, in the arts
and in culture. However, this movement is losing steam
as the French government has been urging the territories
to take on an increasing range of responsibilities and
even provide services. Could our American friends freely
draw inspiration from our educational system that inspired
their unreserved admiration during our meetings?
Conversely, we should gain a better understanding of
the resources of our territories and develop corporate
partnerships and foundations, as well as better train our
educators to search for sponsorship. An in-depth study
of the American model and experimental initiatives in
a few regions could be undertaken at the end of next
year in collaboration with territorial communities.
Finally, the question of drawing new audiences—i.e.
those who are theoretically not interested in the cultural
offer in both the United States and in France—seems
crucial to us. Knowledge of where one lives and its
history is a key element to the construction of identity
of the people who are born and grow up in these regions,
regardless of the origin of their ancestry.
Like what occurs with the African American and Latino
minorities at the sites we visited, the appropriation of
French cultural heritage by the working class (where
there are high numbers of immigrants) is a key issue of
cultural democratization in France.”
3 Themes and Initiatives under Consideration to Create Synergy
between the French and American Actors in Cultural Heritage
•
Collaboration between French and American universities
(to be specified) on the theme of governance of the
territories. What model for what project?
•
Sponsorship: a think tank, a partnership between
university networks, municipalities and companies that
we could call the “Lafayette” project?
1. In other words, all things “cultural” must be protected from the “hegemony” of the markets, the State being the regulator and, when necessary,
the sponsor of a cultural policy.
PARTICIPANTS
• Emma Archer, Director of Cultural
Programs, French-American
Foundation
• Gilles-Antoine Langlois, Doctor in
History and Urbanism Professor,
University Paris XII
• Marie-Frédérique Bergeaud,
Deputy Chief, Department of
European and International Affairs,
Delegation for Development
and International Affairs, Ministry
of Culture and Communications
• Jean-Luc Meslet, Chief of Mission
for the Department of Cultural
Development, MONUM
• Jean-Marc Bernard,
Administrator, Domaines
of Chamarande and Méréville
• Marie-Paule Sans-Chagrin,
Chief of Mission, Department
of Education, Professional Training
and Teaching, Delegation for
Development and International
Affairs, Ministry of Culture and
Communications
• Sophie Semblat-Wahlain,
State Architect and Urban Planner,
Conservator and Administrator
of the Palais Royal,
Conservator of the Louvre
and the Tuileries
• Raphaël Souchier,
Director of AVEC
(The Alliance of European
Cities of Culture)
The French-American Foundation remains grateful to the Florence Gould Foundation for its sustained
and generous support of the Translation Prizes and Courants Programs.
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CONVENING PROGRAMS
THE RICHARD LOUNSBERY FOUNDATION
Seminar Series
French-American Histories:
Recalling the strategic importance of a long-standing alliance
T
he Richard Lounsbery Foundation Seminar Series on “French-American Histories: recalling the
strategic importance of a long-standing alliance,” begun in 2005, continued in 2006 with a series
of three seminars co-sponsored by the French-American Foundation and France-Amériques. This
program was designed to recall the value of our historic bilateral relationship and the mutual benefits that
have resulted from the long-standing French-American cooperation. With generous funding from the
Richard Lounsbery Foundation, and under the guidance of a distinguished advisory committee, the
project recalled the historic and strategic value of the relationship between our two nations, principally
for French audiences. The program consisted of a series of seminars, organized thematically and
chronologically, that highlighted the historical progression of the French-American relationship by
examining selected historical examples of close French-American cooperation. With the exception of
one day-long conference that took place in New York in June 2005, all the events in 2005 and 2006 were
held in the elegant premises of France-Amériques in Paris.
“The Legacy of the Marshall Plan and the Post-War trans-Atlantic Order”
January 30, 2006
MODERATOR:
• Dr. Wilton S. Dillon, Senior Scholar Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution
PANELIST:
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• Professor David Ellwood, Johns Hopkins University
SAIS Bologna Center Italy
• Professor Gérard Bossuat, Université de CergyPontoise
This seminar highlighted the contribution of the Marshall
Plan to the rebuilding of the post-war French economy
and examined how the American and French
governments worked together to develop and implement
an effective plan for reconstruction. It also examined
the role of the Marshall Plan, and the French and
American leaders committed to its mission (Jean Monnet
and George Ball), in the development of the post-war
French-American relationship and the founding of a
united Europe.
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SUMMARY
After the liberation of France, Jean Monnet proposed
a “global plan for modernization and economic
development” to the French government. Appointed
Planning Commissioner by General de Gaulle, Monnet
conceived a four-year plan to revitalize the French
economy by 1950. Monnet approached the U.S.
government in1946 for financial assistance to implement
his plan. Although he failed in his overtures, the Monnet
plan anticipated the Marshall Plan which provided over
$13 billion in economic relief to a devastated Europe
and constituted one of the greatest economic
reconstruction programs in history.
On April 3, 1948, President Harry Truman signed the
Marshall Plan into law. The Plan was administered by
the newly-established Economic Cooperation
Administration (ECA). The ECA’s mission was to boost
the European economy by promoting production,
bolstering its currencies, and facilitating international
trade, especially with the United States whose economy
at the time required a strong European market to survive.
The objective of the Marshall plan was not solely
European relief but revival of agriculture, industry, and
trade so that stricken countries might be self-supporting.
Another of its unofficial goals was the containment of
growing Soviet influence in Europe, especially evident
in the increasing strength of communist parties in
Czechoslovakia, Italy and France. Jean Monnet helped
to shape the Marshall Plan from the European
perspective. With the help of the American, George
Ball, Monnet created the Organization of European
Economic Cooperation. The OEEC was comprised of
sixteen European nations and was designed to
coordinate the European Reconstruction with the ECA.
In the course of European reconstruction, one of France’s
greatest concerns was the potential for Germany to
rebuild itself into a threatening power. In part to address
this concern, Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman
proposed integrating the French and German coal and
steel industries into the European Coal and Steel
Community (ECSC). This was just the beginning of a
“gradualist” approach to unifying Europe along
economic and political lines.
The results of the Marshall Plan were surprising even to
its most optimistic supporters. The years 1948 to 1952
saw the fastest period of growth in European history.
Industrial production increased by 35%. Agricultural
production substantially surpassed pre-war levels. The
poverty and starvation of the immediate post-war years
disappeared and Western Europe embarked upon an
unprecedented two decades of growth that saw
standards of living increase dramatically.
“Americans in Paris”a talk by Adam Gopnik
April 3, 2006
Adam Gopnik is an author and essayist, and writes for
The New Yorker. This conference was based on his
book Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology (2004).
In his talk, Mr. Gopnik revealed the cultural
misunderstandings, personal and literary experimentation,
and profound moments of self-discovery that animate
the “American Experience” in Paris. He also emphasized
the tension between the bourgeois and bohemian
elements in Parisian culture, and demonstrated how
each one has drawn a certain kind of American to this
much-loved city.
SUMMARY
From the earliest years of the American Republic, Paris
has provoked an extraordinary American response. An
almost inevitable destination for artists, writers and
thinkers, Paris has been many things to many Americans:
a tradition-bound bastion of old world Europe, a hotbed
of revolutionary ideologies in politics and art, and a
space in which to cultivate openness to life and love
thought impossible at home. Based primarily but not
exclusively on his anthology, Americans in Paris, Adam
Gopnik distilled three centuries of the “American
Experience” in the place that Henry James called “the
most brilliant city in the world.”
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In Americans in Paris, Adam Gopnik points out that
Americans came to Paris as statesmen, soldiers, writers,
artists, musicians, students and tourists, and sometimes
stayed as expatriates. The selected texts range from the
crucial early impressions of Thomas Jefferson and
Benjamin Franklin to the latter-day reflections of writers
as varied as James Baldwin, Isadora Duncan, and Jack
Kerouac. Along the way he encounters the energetic
travelers of the nineteenth century – Ralph Waldo
Emerson, Mark Twain, Henry James – and the pilgrims
of the twentieth : Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald,
E.E. Cummings, Cole Porter and Henry Miller to name
but a few. Mr. Gopnik illustrates how Thomas Paine
took a direct and dangerous part in the French
Revolution; how Harriet Beecher Stowe toured the Louvre
and how Theodore Dreiser sampled the sensual
enticements of Parisian night life. He also shares with us
Edith Wharton’s moving images of Paris in the early
days of World War I, John Dos Passos’s charting of the
gathering political storms of the 1930s, Paul Zweig’s
recollections of the intertwined pleasures of language
and sex, and A. J. Liebling’s deliciously detailed
memories of his culinary education.
“From TB to Biotech: French and American Cooperation in Medicine,
Biomedical Research, and Biotechnology” June 12, 2006
MODERATOR:
• David Sabatini, Frederick L. Ehrman Professor and Chairman, Department of Cell Biology, New York University
School of Medicine
SPEAKERS:
• Annick Opinel, Director of the Center for Historical
Research, Pasteur Institute
• Michel Crepin, Professor of Molecular Biology,
University of Paris XIII
• Jean-Louis Escary, Founder, Chairman & CEO of
GenOdyssee.
• Gregory I. Berk, M.D. Senior Vice President and
Chief Medical Officer of Hana Biosciences, Inc.
This seminar focused on French-American cooperation in the field of medicine, and particularly the biomedical field,
in the past, present, and future.
SUMMARY
The seminar began with the history of French-American
cooperation during World War I and the inter-war
years, when the Rockefeller Foundation played a key
role in the creation of a French public health
administration and in the campaigns against malaria
and tuberculosis, and supported medical research in
French universities. After World War II, the Pasteur
Institute was critical in fostering French and American
cooperation in specialized domains such as genetic
research. Conference speakers also examined
differences in French and American approaches to
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medical research and its applications, and assessed
current and future possibilities for collaboration in the
biomedical field, particularly applied genetics and
biotechnology. Entrepreneurs in biotechnology were
invited to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing
their industry in the two countries, and to assess how
French and Americans can continue to work together
to apply biomedical research to the search for medical
cures for diseases such as cancer, infectious diseases,
and immune system deficiencies.
THE EDWARD H. TUCK MEETINGS
In 2006, the Edward H. Tuck Meetings provided
valuable access for the Foundation’s members to top
figures in the French-American community on a rich and
diverse range of topics, including history, foreign policy,
conflict resolution, immigration, economic policy, cultural
management and national identity.
HIGHLIGHTS
The 2006 calendar began with
Bernard-Henri Lévy’s homage to de
Tocqueville, setting the stage for a
year in which France and the United
States would seek greater mutual
understanding in preparation for each
country’s imminent presidential
elections. The Foundation hosted top
level French officials such as Pierre
Moscovici, former Minister of European Affairs, Nicolas
Sarkozy, former French Minister of the Interior and then
presidential hopeful, and Michèle Alliot-Marie, French
Minister of Defense. These among a diverse cast of
speakers helped to carry out the Foundation’s mission of
promoting exchange and increasing understanding
between France and the United States.
On June 14, the French-American Foundation hosted
an off-the-record debate and open question-and-answer
session between the Chairman and CEO of AIR
FRANCE KLM, Jean-Cyril Spinetta and former U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, Rodney E. Slater. The debate
was held during a luncheon at the University Club in
New York City. The subject was “The EU/US Aviation
Agreement: What Will It Change?,” which was an
excellent opportunity to learn more about this important
initiative to liberalize trans-Atlantic air services. The
EU/US Aviation Agreement, still under negotiation at
the time, is aimed at eliminating restrictions on services
and routes between European Union and U.S.
destinations and covers sixty percent of global air traffic.
This historic aviation deal was subsequently signed at
the EU-US Transatlantic Summit in Washington,D.C. on
April 30, 2007.
On July 10, Nicholas Dungan held a private luncheon
for His Excellency Pascal Clément, the French Minister
of Justice, in the library of the Knickerbocker Club in New
York City. There, Mr. Clement met informally with a small
number of senior figures in the New York legal community
to hear views on American legal issues and in particular
on the topics of class actions and the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. Official representatives of France, in addition to the
Minister, included His Excellency Jean-David Levitte,
Ambassador of France to the United States, members of
the Minister’s delegation and the Consul General of
France, François Delattre.
September 12 marked an important and highlypublicized meeting and reception with French Minister
of State and Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy
(now President of France). The event was held at the
Memorial Continental Hall of The National Society of
the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington,
D.C. and was on the topic: “The United States and
France: The Future of a Vital Relationship.”
A speaking tour for former Ambassador of France to
the United States Jacques Andréani coincided with three
major international disputes: the Iraq War, the IsraeliLebanon conflict, and the diplomatic crisis with Iran.
The Ambassador’s timely discussions covered three
major themes: French and U.S. diplomatic styles, French
and U.S. approaches to international crises, and areas
of French and U.S. cooperation.
The Ambassador visited Boston, where he was hosted
by Consul General François Gauthier. In his remarks
there, Andréani elaborated on “French vs. American
Approaches to International Crises” with Stanley
Hoffmann and Joseph Nye at the Center for European
Studies at Harvard. The School of Advanced
International Studies at Johns Hopkins in Washington,
DC. was the next stop on the itinerary. In New York,
the Ambassador spoke in a conversation with
Foundation President Nicholas Dungan before members
and friends of the Foundation at the Century Club.
Ambassador Andréani elaborated on the international
relations of both countries and their perceptions and
approaches to crises, particularly in response to current
international issues in Iraq, Iran, and Lebanon.
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During the French Minister of Defense Michèle AlliotMarie’s official visit to the United States in October, she
emphasized the need for continued strong cooperation
between Europe and the United States in combating
the international threat to liberty, citing in particular the
escalating terrorism in Afghanistan. The French-American
Foundation provided a forum at Le Parker Meridien
Hotel in New York to discuss this and other security
issues before a large audience of Americans at a
luncheon, lecture, and question and answer session
entitled “Challenges for the 21st Century: A Clash of
Interests or a Clash of Civilizations?”
The French-American Foundation continues to build upon
the success of these meetings by increasing both their
visibility and impact through targeted press coverage
and web-based media resources. This helps to establish
the French-American Foundation as the non-partisan,
non-governmental venue for French-American relations.
2006
Edward H. Tuck Meetings
January 27, 2006
American Vertigo
with author Bernard Henri-Lévy
co-sponsored by the French Institute Alliance Française
January 31, 2006
American Vertigo
with author Bernard Henri-Lévy
National tour to Chicago
February 3-17, 2006
American Vertigo
with author Bernard Henri-Lévy
National tour to Washington, DC, San Francisco, Houston and Philadelphia
February 14, 2006
Panel Discussion
with Richard Descoings, Directeur, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris
March 8, 2006
“My Life with André Malraux,”
with Alain Malraux in conversation with Nicholas Dungan
April 11, 2006
“The French Social Model: A central issue for the 2007 elections in France”
with Pierre Moscovici, former Minister of European Affairs
April 20, 2006
“Le Sénateur qui aimait la France”
with Ambassador André Baeyens
co-sponsored by the French Institute Alliance Française
June 14, 2006
“The EU/US Aviation Agreement: What will it change?”
with Jean-Cyril Spinetta,Chairman and CEO of AIR FRANCE KLM
and the Honorable Rodney E. Slater, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
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July 10, 2006
“Current American Legal Issues, Class Actions and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act”,
an advisory discussion with Pascal Clément, French Minister of Justice
September 12, 2006
“The United States and France: The Future of a Vital Relationship”
a foreign policy speech given by Nicolas Sarkozy, French Minister of State and Minister of the Interior at Memorial
Continental Hall, The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington, DC
September 14, 2006
“The Tour de France: A Cultural History”
with author Christopher Thompson, Associate Professor of History at Ball State University
co-sponsored by the French Institute Alliance Française
September 25-29, 2006
“French and American Approaches to International Crises”
with His Excellency Jacques Andréani, former ambassador of France to the United States on a national tour to Boston,
Washington, DC, New York
October 20, 2006
“Challenges for the 21st Century: A Clash of Interests or a Clash of Civilizations?”
with Michèle Alliot-Marie, French Minister of Defense
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The French-American Foundation
ANNUAL GALA DINNER
T
he French-American Foundation Annual Gala Dinner is our celebration of a flourishing year of
French-American friendship as we dine in the company of our distinguished friends and members.
Held at the elegant Four Seasons Restaurant in New York City, it is the Foundation’s opportunity to
honor those who have dedicated their time and energy to promoting this lasting partnership between
France and the United States.
The 2006 Gala celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the
French-American Foundation by honoring three of its
most outstanding contributors to both the work of the
Foundation and French-American relations as a whole.
The Foundation awarded two of its former Young Leaders
and co-patrons of the Young Leaders Circle, John Thain,
CEO of NYSE Group, and Henri de Castries, CEO of
AXA, with the Benjamin Franklin Award, commemorating
as well the 25 th Anniversary of the Young Leaders
Program. The Foundation also honored its esteemed
Board Vice-Chairman, Elizabeth Fondaras, for her tireless
support of the Foundation over the three decades of its
history. The Foundation’s members and friends enjoyed
the Four Seasons Restaurant under the patronage of
Consul General of France in New York François Delattre.
Award presenters included Professor Ezra Suleiman for
the Benjamin Franklin Awards and, founding member of
the Foundation, the Honorable James Lowenstein for
the Vergennes Achievement Award.
In 2005, the Foundation’s friends and members gathered
to recognize Frederick W. Smith, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of the FedEx Corporation, with the
prestigious Benjamin Franklin award for his lifelong
dedication to promoting relations between France and
the United States. The evening was held under the
esteemed patronage of the French Ambassador JeanDavid Levitte and Mrs. Levitte as well as that of the Consul
General of France in New York François Delattre and
Madame Sophie L’Hélias-Delattre. The evening’s
distinguished Gala Chairmen were Ambassador Anne
Cox Chambers, Ambassador Walter J. P. Curley,
Mr. Michel David-Weill, Mrs. Elizabeth Fondaras,
Mrs. David. R. Hamilton, Ambassador Howard H. Leach,
Mr. Maurice Lévy, Mrs. Michael E. Patterson,
Mrs. William P. Rayner, Ambassador Felix G. Rohatyn,
and Mrs. James B. Sitrick.
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The French-American Foundation presents The Benjamin
Franklin Award on an annual basis to individuals who
have made a lifelong commitment to the ongoing
relationship between France and the United States. The
award is amongst the highest accolades granted by
the French-American Foundation.
The Vergennes Achievement Award is named after the
Comte de Vergennes, the legendary French Foreign
Minister who negotiated the official treaty of the alliance
between France and America, approved in 1778. A
champion of the American colonists, he convinced King
Louis XVI to fund their cause in the anticipated fight, thus
securing the special nature of French-American relations
for centuries to come. The Vergennes Achievement Award
is bestowed on an individual who possesses the
characteristics of its namesake – unfailing loyalty, energy,
generosity and personal foresight.
RECIPIENTS OF THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AWARD:
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The Honorable C. Douglas Dillon
The Honorable Walter J.P. Curley
Médecins Sans Frontières
Bernard Arnault
Michel David-Weill
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The Forbes Family
Maurice Lévy
Frederick W. Smith
Henri de Castries
John A. Thain
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2005
ANNOTATED CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES
January 20, 2005
Edward H. Tuck Meeting
“Reform of Higher Education in France”
with Richard Descoings, Institut des Etudes Politiques de Paris
February 20-22, 2005
U.S.-French Congressional Roundtables
(co-organized with International Management & Development Institute)
The French-American Foundation brought a bipartisan delegation from the U.S. Congress (7 Democrats,
6 Republicans) to France for two days of intensive interaction with French business and parliamentary
leaders. The delegation was drawn from across the nation allowing the French to be exposed to a
broad range of views and opinions from all regions of the United States. As one of Foundation’s
most ambitious undertakings to date, the mission of this program was to open minds on both sides
of the Atlantic and promote dialogue and understanding between our two nations.
CONGRESSIONAL PARTICIPANTS
• Rep. James Sensenbrenner
(R-WI), Co-Chairman
• Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN),
Co-Chairman
• Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY)
• Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO)
• Rep. James McGovern (D-MA)
• Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA)
• Rep. Thomas Petri (R-WI)
• Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
• Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)
• Rep. Phil English (R-PA)
• Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN)
• Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL)
• Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL)
• Loïc Bouvard
Député du Morbihan
Assemblée nationale
• Jean-Marie Colombani
Directeur
Le Monde
FRENCH PARTICIPANTS
• Dominique Auzias
Président Directeur Général
Petit Futé
• Jean-Luc Allavena
Directeur Général Adjoint
Lagardère Medias
• Dominique Badel
Directeur Général
Esso SAF
• Nicolas Baverez
Avocat
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
• Joachim Bitterlich
Directeur des Affaires
Internationales
Véolia Environement
• Philippe Blavier
Membre du Comité Exécutif/
Responsable de la Banque de
Financement et d’Investissement
BNP Paribas
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• Henri de Castries
Président du Directoire
Goupe AXA
• Bertrand Dumesnil
Directeur
GMC International
• Philippe Camus
Président du Directoire
EADS
• François Gayet
Directeur Général Adjoint,
Marketing et Ventes
Thalès
• Jérôme Chartier
Député du Val d’Oise
Assemblée nationale
• Jean-Louis Gergorin
Membre du ComEx/VP Exécutif
Coordination Stratégique
EADS
• Michael Cheylan
Responsable des Affaires Publiques
Institut Montaigne
• Jean-Claude Gruffat
Directeur Général
Citibank
• Bertrand Collomb
Président Directeur Général
Lafarge
• Bernard Hagege
PDG/Président du Comité
Transatlantique du MEDEF
Atemation
• Francois Henriot
General Partner
Rothschild & Cie
• Dominique Heriard-Dubreuil
Président du Conseil
d'Administration
Rémy Cointreau
• Pierre Lellouche
Député/Président de l'Assemblée
Parlementaire de l’OTAN
Assemblée nationale
• Maurice Lévy
Président du Directoire
Publicis Groupe
• Dominique Paris
Group Senior Executive
Vice President
SNECMA Groupe
• Christine Lagarde
Présidente du Comité Stratégique
Mondiale
Baker & Mckenzie
• Andréas Loewenstein
Directeur de la Stratégie
Eurocopter
• Pierre Rousselin
Directeur adjoint
chargé de l'International,
Le Figaro
• Michèle Lamarche
Gérant-Associé
Lazard Frères
• Jean-Marie Luton
Président du Conseil d’Administration
Arianespace
• Jean-François Serval
Président Directeur Général
Constantin Associés
• Jacques de Larosière
Gouverneur Honoraire
de la Banque de France
• Christian Nadal
Directeur,
EDF Washington
• JL Soulier
Directeur Général,
BCEOM
March 17-19, 2005
Defense Symposium 2005
“Defense Transformation: French and U.S. Responses to the Security Challenges of the 21st Century,”
Warrenton, Virginia
This topic allowed participants to examine the process of military transformation in the context of the ongoing
operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The first panel focused on “Defense Transformation Concepts and Processes.” One
speaker defined defense transformation as aiming to provide effective capabilities in relevant environments. The
overarching goal is thus to increase the overall efficiency of one’s armed forces. Participants pursued a discussion of
the international division of labor in the security field during the second session on “Force Networking in a Multinational
Context.” The conference closed with a session on discussion on the role of technology, which helps ensure that
every military decision maker has access to appropriate information when needed.
PARTICIPANTS
• Lieutenant Colonel (ret)
Charles Barry
Senior Research Analyst,
Center for Technology and
National Security Policy
National Defense University
• Colonel Olivier de Bavinchove
Strategy and Plans
Joint Staff
• Brigadier General Thomas Benes
Director, Strategy and
Plans Division, Plans,
Policies and Operations
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
• Rear Admiral (ret.)
Jean Bétermier
Advisor to EADS
• Dr. Hans Binnendijk
Director, Center for Technology &
National Security Policy
National Defense University
• Rear Admiral John Terence Blake
Deputy Director for Resources and
Acquisition Joint Chiefs of Staff, J-8
• Colonel Gilbert Botella
Future Force Structure
Joint Staff
• Mr. Yves Boyer
Deputy Director
Fondation pour la Recherche
Stratégique
• Captain Stephen Camacho
Professor, Military
Strategy and Operations
National War College
• Mr. François Carrel-Billiard
Deputy Director for
Strategic Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Mr. George Cass
Vice President
Lockheed Martin Global Inc.
• Mr. Charles Cogan
Senior Research Associate
The Kennedy School
of Government
Harvard University
• Vice Admiral Alain Coldefy
Vice Chief of Defense Staff
• Lieutenant Colonel
William Cosby
Africa Desk Officer
Joint Staff J5
• Mr. William Cralley
Research Staff Member
Institute for Defense Analyses
• Mr. Ralph Crosby
Chairman & CEO
EADS, North America
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• Lieutenant General (ret.)
Christian Delanghe
U.S.-CREST
• Mr. Jean-François Delpech
President
U.S.-CREST
• Mr. Jeffrey Dienno
Foreign Affairs Specialist,
Europe and NATO policy
Joint Staff J5
• Mr. Joe Drach
Chief, Europe/Eurasia/NATO
Branch
Army G-3 International Affairs
• Brigadier General (P)
David Fastabend
Deputy Director, Futures Center
U.S. Army Training & Doctrine
Command
• Mr. Herbert Fenster
Attorney
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
• Major General (ret)
Waldo D. Freeman
Adjunct Staff Member
Institute for Defense Analyses
• Mr. Yves Galland
President
Boeing International Corporation,
France
• Mr. Paul Gallis
Section Head, Europe/Eurasia
Congressional Research Service
• Mr. Jean-Louis Gergorin
Executive Vice-President,
Strategic Coordination
EADS
• Admiral Edmund Giambastiani
Supreme Allied Commander
Transformation
• Ms. Deborah Glassman
Political-Military Advisor
Western Europe/Balkans Division
Joint Staff J-5
• Colonel Philippe Got
Technology and Proliferation
Delegation for Strategic Affairs
Joint Staff
• Dr. Robert Grant
Senior Research Associate
U.S.-CREST
• Mr. Jean Guisnel
Journalist
Le Point
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• Rear Admiral (ret.)
Francis de la Haye
Navy Advisor
Thales Group
• Mr. Diego Ruiz Palmer
Head, Planning Section
Operations Division
NATO HQ
• Mr. François Heisbourg
Director
Fondation pour la Recherche
Stratégique
• Brigadier General
Bertrand Ract-Madoux
Strategy and Plans
Joint Staff
• Colonel Ernest Herold
Chief
Office of Defense Cooperation,
France
• Mr. J. R. Hundley
President, COO
SNECMA
• Rear Admiral Richard Jaskot
Commandant
National War College
Colonel Pete Jordan
Chief, Regional Issues
HQ U.S. Air Force
• Mr. Clarence Juhl
Deputy Defense Advisor
U.S. Mission to NATO
• Ambassador Craig Johnstone
Vice President, Europe
The Boeing Company
• Rear Admiral Francis Jouanjean
Defense Cooperation Attaché
Embassy of France in the United
States
• Ms. Anne Kovacs
Research Associate
U.S.-CREST
• Brigadier General
Patrick de Rousiers
Transatlantic Division
Joint Staff
• Brigadier General (ret)
Anthony A. Smith
President
French-American Foundation
• Mr. Helmut Sonnenfeldt
Guest Scholar
The Brookings Institution
• Colonel Ralph Steinke
U.S. Defense and Army
Attaché to France
U.S. Embassy, Paris
• Rear Admiral Jean Tandonnet
Future Force Structure
Joint Staff
• Mr. Bruno Tertrais
Senior Research Member,
Defense and Strategy
Fondation pour
la Recherche Stratégique
• Major General Pascal Vinchon
Defense Attaché
Embassy of France
in the United States
• Mr. James Kurtz
Research Staff Member
Institute for Defense Analysis
• Lieutenant Colonel Rich Webster
Concepts Division
Marine Corps Combat
Development Command
• Captain François de Lastic
Strategy and Plans
Joint Staff
• General (ret) Larry Welch
Senior Fellow
Institute for Defense Analyses
• Dr. Thomas McNaugher
Vice President, Army Studies
The Rand Corporation
• Mr. Steve Williams
Corporate DirectorEurope/Eurasia
Lockheed Martin
• Brigadier General Patrick Moussu
Chef de la Division Emploi
Etat-major des armées
• Rear Admiral Xavier Paitard
Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff
Future Capabilities, Research, and
Technology
HQ Supreme Allied Command
Transformation
• Colonel Gail Wojtowicz
Chief
Air Force Future Concepts
and Transformation
Air Staff
• Colonel
Jean-Christophe Zimmerman
French Liaison Officer to US Joint
Forces Command
March 21, 2005
The Richard Lounsbery Foundation Seminar Series
French-American Histories: recalling the strategic importance of a long-standing alliance
GENESIS OF REVOLUTIONS: THE TWIN BIRTHS OF REPUBLICAN NATIONS
> Panel 1: Looking at the interaction between French and American revolutionary statesmen
> Panel 2: Examining the linkages between the American and the French Revolutions
PARTICIPANTS
• His Excellency Jacques Andréani,
Former Ambassador
of France to the United States
• Professor Claude Fohlen,
Chair of the American History
Department at the Sorbonne
• Professor Richard R. Beeman,
Professor
of American History
at the University of Pennsylvania
• Monsieur Axel Poniatowski,
President of the French-US
Friendship Group at the National
Assembly
• Professor Bernard Vincent,
Professor Emeritus
at the University of Orléans
April 3 - 15, 2005
Courants
Historic Preservation Study Tour to the USA
In partnership with the French Ministry of Culture and Communications, the French-American Foundation brought a
group of French professionals in the field of historic preservation to Washington, DC, Charleston, South Carolina,
and New York to gain insights and learn from the experience of their counterparts on the practice of historic
preservation in each other’s country and to develop the network of French and American experts.
PARTICIPANTS
• François de Banes Gardonne,
Directeur du Centre culturel
de Rencontres à la Chartreuse
de Villeneuve-les- Avignon
• Véronique Legrand,
Administratrice du site de Glanum,
du Château de Tarascon
et de l’Hôtel de Sade
• Jean-Michel Galley,
Chargé de mission
pour l’Association des villes
et pays d’art et d’histoire
• Anne de Banes Gardonne,
Administratrice de Monuments
Historiques, Nicole GARNIER,
Institut de France, Conservatrice
en chef Domaine de Chantilly
• Anne Barbara-Lacroix,
Responsable du Patrimoine,
Mairie de Noisiel
• Pierre-Antoine Gatier, Architecte,
Architecte en chef
des Monuments Historiques
• Marie-Frédérique Bergeaud,
Délégation au développement et
aux Affaires Internationales, adjointe
au chef du DAEI, Ministère de la
Culture et de la Communication
• Frédéric Nancel,
Directeur
du développement
et des opérations
Domaine de Chantilly
• Jean-Paul Jusselme,
Directeur Général
de la Fondation Coubertin
April 14, 2005
Courants
Celebration at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York
Celebration of the French Heritage Society and The French-American Foundation’s 2005 programs and publications
in the field of Heritage and Historic Preservation in France and the United States (French America / La France En
Amérique and the Courants program) at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York.
April 18, 2005
Edward H. Tuck Meeting
“The Revised Stability Pact: What Next? Two European Views”
with Gérard Belet, Chief Economist of the French Treasury and Arrigo Sadun, Chief Economist
of the Italian Treasury
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April 19, 2005
Edward H. Tuck Meeting
“French-American Relations in the Second Bush Administration”
with His Excellency Jean-David Levitte, Ambassador of France to the United States
April 21, 2005
The Richard Lounsbery Foundation Seminar Series
French-American Histories: recalling the strategic importance of a long-standing alliance
De Tocqueville’s America: The French Reaction to a New Social and Political Experiment
PARTICIPANTS
• Jacques Portes,
Chercheur CENA,
Professeur à l’Université
de Paris VIII-Saint-Denis
• Philippe Roger,
Directeur d’études,
Ecole des Hautes Etudes
en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
• Sean Wilentz,
Dayton-Stockton
Professor of History,
Princeton University
April 29, 2005
Edward H. Tuck Meeting
“The trans-Atlantic Relationship: Where do we go from here?”
with Laurent Fabius, former Prime Minister of France
May 11, 2005
Translation Prizes
The French-American Foundation and the Florence Gould Foundation
18th Translation Prizes Award Ceremony took place at the National Arts Club,
in celebration of Helen Marx’s translation of Silbermann by Jacques de Lacretelle
(Helen Marx Books) in the fiction category and Arthur Goldhammer’s translation
of Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (The Library of America) in
the non-fiction category.
May 25, 2005
Edward H. Tuck Meeting
“Changed Continents: the U.S. & Europe in need of a new framework”
with Guillaume Parmentier, the Institut Français des Relations Internationales
June 16-17, 2005
The Richard Lounsbery Foundation Seminar Series
French-American Histories: recalling the strategic importance of
a long-standing alliance
DEMOCRACY IN THE 21st CENTURY: FRENCH AND AMERICAN RESPONSES
TO CHALLENGES AT HOME AND ABROAD
> Panel 1: Démocratie/Democracy: Competing French and American Visions?
> Panel 2: 21st Century Challenges for Democracy
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PARTICIPANTS
• François Bujon de l’Estang,
former Ambassador
to the United States
• Hervé de Charette,
former French Foreign Affairs
Minister
• Annick Cojean,
Grand Reporter,
Le Monde
• Pierre Force,
Nell and Herbert M. Singer
Professor of
Contemporary Civilization,
Columbia University
• Colonel Robert L. Gordon III,
Academy Professor
of Social Sciences,
United States Military Academy
• Patrice Higonnet,
Robert Walton Goelet
Professor of French History,
Harvard University
• Jean-David Levitte,
French Ambassador
to the United States
• Philippe Manière,
Directeur Général,
Institut Montaigne
• Daniel Fried,
Assistant Secretary of State
for European Affairs
• Michael Oreskes,
Executive Editor,
The International Herald Tribune
• Adam Gopnik,
Editor,
The New Yorker
• Jamin Raskin,
Professor of Constitutional Law,
American University
• Anne Sa’adah, Joel Parker
Professor of Law and Political
Science, Dartmouth College
• Simon Serfaty, Zbigniew
Brzezinski Chair in Global
Security and Geostrategy for
Strategic & International Studies
• Guy Sorman,
Président, Editions Sorman
• Tony Smith, former President,
French-American Foundation
• Peter Tarnoff, Former Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• Frank Wisner, Former United
States Ambassador to four countries
• Alan Wolfe,
Boisi Center for Religion
and American Public Life,
Boston College
June 29, 2005
Edward H. Tuck Meeting
“Europe's Constitution in Peril: Are Free Markets Really at Odds with Social Equity?”
with Odile Quintin, Director-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
European Commission
July 19, 2005
Edward H. Tuck Meeting
“Europe after the Double “No”: What is its Future?”
with Noëlle Lenoir, former Minister of European Affairs
September 10-22, 2005
Courants:
Historic Preservation Reciprocal Study Tour to France
In the aftermath of the Katrina disaster, eight American experts in the field of
historic preservation traveled to France to open new dialogues and cooperation
between the France and the U.S. in the field of historic preservation. Participants
met with the French Minister of Culture, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, during
Les Journées du Patrimoine. Participants discussed the needs for the preservation
community in the aftermath of the Katrina disaster.
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PARTICIPANTS
• Emma Archer, Director,
French-American Foundation
• Pamela Ann Breaux, Assistant
Secretary and State Historic
Preservation Officer, Lake
Charles, Louisiana
• Wendy Nicholas Dorsey, North
East Regional Director,
National Trust for Historic
Preservation, Boston,
Massachusetts
• Patricia Heatherly Gay, Executive
Director, Preservation Resource
Center of New Orleans, Louisiana
• Sara E. Johns Griffen, President,
The Olana Partnership, Hudson,
New York
• Willard Ray Luce, Director,
Historic Preservation Division
and Deputy State Historic Officer,
Georgia Department of Natural
Resources, Atlanta, Georgia
• Matthew Grant McLaughlin,
Director of International Affairs,
Senior Advancement Officer,
American School of the Building
Arts, Charleston, South Carolina
• Diana Pardue Crane, Chief,
Museum Services Division, Statue
of Liberty National Monument
and Ellis Island, New York
• Rhonda Jill Sincavage, Vice
President, Preservation Action,
Washington, DC
September 14-18, 2005
XVIII Young Leaders Meeting
Washington, DC and Charlottesville, VA
The meeting began in Washington, DC with a reception hosted by Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, former Ambassador
to Portugal, where the Young Leaders were joined by government officials and scholars involved in French-American
relations. On September 15, the group engaged in a roundtable discussion with Richard Jackson, a Senior Fellow
at CSIS, on demographic issues facing most developed countries. The session was followed by lunch with Gwen Ifill,
Senior Correspondent for PBS, who analyzed the difficulties currently facing the American people (Katrina, Iraq,
political partisanship) and what role difficulty of this type or magnitude plays in American history. In the afternoon,
the group had meetings on U.S. approaches to foreign policy and international cooperation with Kurt Volker, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs and Senator Chuck Hagel. Dinner was hosted by Denis
Pietton, Minister Counselor, at the Residence of the French Ambassador. On September 16, Young Leaders met
with Ralph Crosby, Chairman and CEO of EADS North America, and Associate Justice Stephen Breyer of the United
States Supreme Court. That afternoon, the group traveled to Charlottesville where they spent the weekend discussing
French and American cultural identity and approaches to diplomacy on the campus of the University of Virginia.
YOUNG LEADERS 2005
• Spencer Abbot
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy
Exchange Pilot, FA-18
Spanish Air Force
• Philippe Askenazy
Professor of Economics
French National Center for
Scientific Research (CNRS)
Center for Economic Research
and its Applications (CEPREMAP)
• Karol Beffa
Pianist and Composer
Ecole Normale Supérieure
• Isabelle Bordry
Director, Business Operations
Yahoo! Europe
• Amy Butte
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
New York Stock Exchange
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• Anne-Laure de Coincy
Member of Cabinet
for Günter Verheugen,
Vice-President of the European
Commission
• Olivier Ferrand
National Delegate
of the Socialist Party
for European Affairs and Deputy
Mayor, Paris, 3rd district
• Catherine Dale
Political Advisor, US Army
National War College
• Eric Garcetti
Councilmember
City of Los Angeles, 13th district
• Louis Dreyfus
Chief Executive Officer
Libération
• Sara Horowitz
Executive Director
Working Today
• François Dufour
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Play Bac Publishing
• Yves de Kerdrel
Columnist
Les Echos
• Laura Efros
Senior Director,
Vaccine Public Policy
Merck & Co, Inc.
• Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet
Députée de l’Essonne, UMP
Member of Parliament
• Jean-Louis Escary
Chairman and CEO
GenOdyssee SA
• Fred Krawchuk
Lieutenant Colonel
U.S. Army
• Romesh Ratnesar
Senior Editor
Time Magazine
• Philippe Le Corre
Advisor to the French Minister
of Defense
Cabinet of the Minister of Defense
• Richard O’Donnell
Executive Director
Colorado Commission
on Higher Education
• Dina Powell
Assistant Secretary of State
for Educational and
Cultural Affairs
• Maximilien Rouer
Chief Executive Officer
Becitizen
• James Thomas
Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense
for Plans and
Acting Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense
for Strategy
• Calvin Sims
Director
New York Times Television
• Arnaud Ventura
CEO
PlaNet Finance
• Ian Thomas
Vice President – Europe,
Integrated
Defense Systems
The Boeing Company
• Phoebe Yang
Vice-President
for Business Development
and Strategy
Discovery
Communications, Inc.
October 11, 2005
The Richard Lounsbery Foundation Seminar Series
French-American Histories: recalling the strategic importance of a long-standing alliance
“America in the Great War: Pershing, Joffre and the Doughboys”
PARTICIPANTS
• Brigadier General Robert A.
Doughty, Professor and Head
of the Department of History,
United States Military Academy
• Colonel Frédéric Guelton,
Deputy Director
of the Service historique
de l’Armée de Terre
• André Kaspi,
Professeur d’histoire de l’Amérique
du Nord à la Sorbonne
(Université de Paris I)
October 4, 2005
Edward H. Tuck Meeting
“Building New Bridges to the World: US Business-led Public Diplomacy Efforts”
with Keith Reinhard, President, Business for Diplomatic Action, Chairman, DDB Worldwide
October 28, 2005
Edward H. Tuck Meeting
“La France d’aujourd’hui : l’Hexagone, l’Europe, le Monde”
with Édouard Balladur, former Prime Minister of France and President of the Foreign Affairs
Committee at the Assemblée Nationale
November 7, 2005
Edward H. Tuck Meeting
“France and the United States: A Clash of Civilizations?”
with Arnaud Blin, Senior Fellow and Director, Peace Indicators Project, School of Peace;
Associate, French Institute for Strategic Analysis
November 18, 2005
Edward H. Tuck Meeting
“France and Europe in the trans-Atlantic Relationship”
with Alain Juppé, former Prime Minister of France
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2006
CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES
JANUARY
27
30
31
Bernard Henri-Lévy Luncheon at the French Institute Alliance Française
in New York on the occasion of his new book, American Vertigo
French-American Histories Program
“The Legacy of the Marshall Plan and the Post-War trans-Atlantic Order” in Paris
National tour to Chicago with Bernard Henri-Lévy on the occasion of his new book,
American Vertigo
FEBRUARY
3-17
21
National tour to Washington, San Francisco, Houston and Philadelphia
with Bernard Henri-Lévy on the occasion of his new book, American Vertigo
Reception for U.S. Congressional Delegation and NATO Parliamentary Assembly
with Air France in Paris
MARCH
8
Edward H. Tuck Meetings: A Conversation with Alain Malraux,
“My Life with André Malraux” in New York
APRIL
3
11
20
27-28
French-American Histories Program “Americans in Paris: A Celebration in Arts and Culture in Paris”
with Adam Gopnik in Paris
Edward H. Tuck Meetings: Pierre Moscovici, Former Minister of European Affairs
“The French Social Model: a Central Issue for the 2007 Elections in France” in New York
Edward H. Tuck Meetings: Ambassador André Baeyens,
Le Sénateur qui aimait la France in New York
Young Leaders Circle Symposium “Leadership in 21st Century” in New York
MAY
1
15
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Luncheon with Jacques Toubon, President of the Cité Nationale de l’Histoire
de l’Immigration and Diana Pardue, Chief, Museum Services Division, Statue of Liberty NM
and Ellis Island at the French Institute Alliance Française in New York
Florence Gould and French-American Foundations’ Translation Prizes Awards Ceremony in New York
French-American Foundation
JUNE
12
14
15
French-American Histories Program “From TB to Biotech: French and American Cooperation
in Medicine, Biomedical Research and Biotechnology” at France-Amériques in Paris
Edward H. Tuck Meeting with the Chairman and CEO of AIR FRANCE KLM,
Jean-Cyril Spinetta and former U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, The Honorable Rodney E. Slater on
“The EU/US Aviation Agreement: What Will It Change?”
French-American Foundation 30th Birthday Celebration in New York
JULY
10
Edward H. Tuck Meeting: Current American Legal Issues, Class Actions and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act,
advisory discussion with French Minister of Justice Pascal Clément in New York
SEPTEMBER
12
12
14
25-28
Foreign Policy Speech “The United States and France: The Future of a Vital Relationship”
by French Minister of State and Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy in Washington, DC
Discussion and Panel on the Management and Governance of Cultural Institutions with Philippe Agid,
former Senior Vice President of L’Opéra de Paris in New York
Presentation on the Tour de France with Christopher Thompson, Associate Professor of History
at Ball State University, with the French Institute Alliance Française in New York
National tour in New York, Boston, Washington with former Ambassador of France to the United
States Jacques Andréani on the topic of “French and American Approaches to International Crises.”
OCTOBER
4-8
18-27
19-21
20
Young Leaders Meeting in Paris and Avignon
Historic Preservation Study Tour for the French Delegation to New Orleans, Williamsburg
and Newport
8th Annual Defense Symposium: “Civil-Military Coordination and Crisis Exit Strategies” in Paris
Speech by Michèle Alliot-Marie, French Minister of Defense
“Challenges for the 21st Century: A Clash of Interests or a Clash of Civilizations?” in New York
NOVEMBER
8
13-14
15
French-American Foundation Annual Gala at the Four Seasons in New York
Equality of Opportunity in Education and Employment: French and American
Perspectives Conference in New York
Public Conference on Equality of Opportunity (NYU)
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
at December 31, 2006 - with comparison to prior periods
ended June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2005
1
BALANCE SHEETS
December 31,
2006
June 30,
2006
June 30,
2005
ASSETS
Cash
405,240
473,155
427,910
4,031,326
3,813,894
3,664,081
685,000
713,250
313,000
Other Receivables and Other Assets
18,429
11,590
26,570
Furniture and Equipment - at Cost, less Accumulated
Depreciation of $17,030 at 12/31/06
35,469
32,543
24,790
694,000
694,000
694,000
$ 5,869,463
$ 5,738,432
$ 5,150,351
Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities
118,925
121,718
82,279
Total Liabilities
118,925
121,718
82,279
Unrestricted
4,304,965
4,158,192
3,677,874
Temporarily Restricted
1,445,573
1,458,522
1,390,198
Total Net Assets
5,750,538
5,616,714
5,068,072
$ 5,869,463
$ 5,738,432
$ 5,150,351
Investments (at Fair Value)
Contributions Receivable
Works of Art
Total Assets
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Net Assets
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
1- Effective July 1, 2006, the French-American Foundation changed its fiscal year end from June 30 to December 31.
Results presented in the first column are for the six-month fiscal period from July 1 – December 31, 2006
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STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
at December 31, 2006- with comparison to prior periods ended June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2005
1
Unrestricted
Temporarily
Restricted
12/31/06
Total
06/30/06
66,355
260,890
327,245
1,099,341
1,024,917
504,452
429,173
482,289
116,559
142,200
128,183
6/30/05
REVENUE AND RECLASSIFICATIONS
Contributions and Grants
Special Events
Less: Costs of Direct Benefit to Donors
504,452
Transfer from Board Designated Fund
103,884
Investment Income
154,282
154,282
190,723
91, 530
59
59
38
2,718
1,102,597
1,861,475
1,729,639
$ 1,102,597
$ 1,861,475
$ 1,729,637
Other
12,675
Total Revenue
829,032
273,566
Net Assets Released from Restrictions
286,515
(286,515)
$ 1,115,547
$ (12,949)
Total Revenue and Reclassifications
EXPENSES
Program Services
579,844
579,844
619,771
878,174
General and Administrative
211,414
211,414
271,695
381,767
Fundraising
202,673
202,673
283,975
205,239
Relationship Development
63,574
63,574
212,2980
Total Supporting Services
477,661
477,661
767,968
587,006
$ 1,057,505
$ 1,057,505
$ 1,387,739
$ 1,465,180
45,092
473,736
264,457
Supporting Services
Total Expenses
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS
58,042
(12,949)
Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments
Unrealized Gain on Investments
Change in Net Assets
Net Assets – Beginning of Year
NET ASSETS – END OF YEAR
17,017
88,731
88,731
74,905
202,180
146,773
(12,949)
133,823
548,641
483,654
4,158,192
1,458,522
5,616,714
5,068,072
4,584,418
$ 4,304,965
$ 1,445,573
$ 5,750,537
$ 5,616,713
$ 5,068,072
1 - Effective July 1, 2006, the French-American Foundation changed its fiscal year end from June 30 to December 31.
Results presented are for the six-month fiscal period from July 1 – December 31, 2006
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2005-2006
CONTRIBUTORS
> INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
National Fellows
Elizabeth Bagley
Philippe Camus
• Anne Cox Chambers
• Allan Chapin
• Mary and Walter J.P. Curley
• Michel David-Weill
• Charles Davidson
• Shannon Fairbanks
• Charles Ferguson
• John Guth
• John Heimann
• Janet Howard
• Yves-André Istel
• Richard Kauffman
• Elbrun and Peter Kimmelman
• Howard H. Leach
• Troland Link
• Martin Lipton
• Clare Tweedy McMorris
• Michael Patterson
• Douglas Price
• Felix Rohatyn
• Lily Safra
• Martin Sullivan
• Ezra Zilkha
•
•
Senior Fellows
Rebecca and Loïc de Kertanguy
• James Lowenstein
• Joanne Lyman
• William Matteson
• Alfred Ross
• Willard Taylor
•
Benefactors
Pierre Albouy
Frederick Allen
• André Baeyens
• Ann and Steven Berzin
• Pastora Juan Cafferty
• Robert Carswell
• Thomas Cassilly
• Paul Clemenceau
• Nancy Dungan
• Richard Feigen
• Herbert Fenster
• Brian Fix
• Charles Grace
• Stephan Haimo
• Arthur Hartman
• James Houghton
• Richard Hunt
• Clara Ingen-Houz
• John N. Irwin, III
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Frederick and Marjorie Isaksen
Jean Karoubi
• Didier Lamarche
• Jacques Leviant
• Michel Longchampt
• Betsy Michel
• Lillian Mullane
• Ramon de Oliviera-Cezar
• Patrick Pagni
• Neville Peterson
• John Pierce
• Gladys Preston
• Felipe Propper de Callejon
• James Rhodes
• David Rockefeller
• Robert Rubin
• Olivier Saidi
• Jean-Luc Sininger
• Helmut Sonnenfeldt
• Marie-Monique Steckel
• Joshua Steiner and Ann Delaruelle
• Elizabeth Stribling
• Hubertus Sulkowski
• Ann Symington
• John Train
• Robert Truehold
• Enzo Viscusi
• Susan Witter and Robert Gatje
• Susan and Bruce Watts
• Steven Wolfram
Philip Miller
Margaret Mory de Cagny
• Kenneth Mountcastle
• Sophia Pao
• Marie Quere-Messing
• Elke Rehbok
• Kate Schaeffer
• Charles Scribner
• Jane Sloat
• James Shannon
• Mary Wheeler
•
•
•
•
> CORPORATE SUPPORT
Corporate Benefactors
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co.
Coca-Cola
• NYSE Group
•
•
Corporate Partners
American International Group
BNP Paribas
• Coca-Cola
• Davis, Polk & Wardwell
• GIE AXA
• NYSE Group
• Société Générale
• Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, Katz
•
•
Corporate Members
Bernardaud
Calyon
• CDC Ixis
• Crédit Commercial de France
• Crédit Industriel et Commercial
• Dassault Falcon Jet
• Dexia Crédit Local
• IXIS North America
• L’Oréal USA
•
Young Fellows
Viki Askounis
Daphne Butler
• Christopher Dungan
• Isabelle Dungan
• Boris Jeanne
• Ioanna Kohler
• Iwan Streichenberger
•
•
Students
Blair Barkley
• Lindsay Krasnoff
•
Friends of the Foundation
Albert Beveridge, III
Joanne Blokker
• Alida Carey
• Elizabeth de Cuevas
• Constance and Corson Ellis
• Serge Gabriel
• John Haskell
• Harold Healy, Jr.
• Anita Herrick
• Stanley Hoffmann
• Arthur House
• David Hunt
•
•
•
Other Corporate Support
Air France
Alcatel
• Copernicus Learning
• Dassault Falcon Jet
• EADS, Inc.
• Lockheed Martin
• Messier Partners
• Monarch Financial Corporation
of America
• Olive Branch Fund
• Protostar Partners
• Quint Amasis
• SNECMA
• Stribling Associates
• Syncsort
• Thales, Inc.
• Tocqueville Asset Management
•
•
> FOUNDATION SUPPORT
American Friends of the French Legion
of Honor
• Ann Cox Foundation
• Anonymous
• Arthur Loeb Foundation
• Arthur Ross Foundation
• Bodman Foundation
• Brownington Foundation
• Centennial Foundation
• Chapman Foundation
• Daniel and Joanna Rose Fund, Inc.
• Dorothy Louden Foundation
• Drue Heinz Trust
• Earle I. Mack Foundation
• Evelyn Sharp Foundation
• FACT Frame Trustees
• Florence Gould Foundation
• Forbes Foundation
• Ford Foundation
• Jullani Foundation
• Marie Josée and Henry Kravis
Foundation
• MBIA Foundation
• Melinda and William
J. van den Huevel Foundation
• Mericos Foundation
• New York Community Trust
• Partridge Foundation
• Richard Lounsbery Foundation
• Robert O. Scholz Foundation
• Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation
• Tara Foundation
• Telluride Foundation
• Whitehead Foundation
• William T. Kemper Foundation
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> ANNUAL GALAS
•
Bernard Aidinoff
Air France
Pierre Albouy
• American International Group
• Eugenie Anglès
• Anonymous
• Arthur Loeb Foundation
• Arthur Ross Foundation
• AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co.
• Susan Bachrach
• Georgia Bemberg
• Bernhill Fund
• Joanne Blokker
• BNP Paribas
• David Braunschweig
• Christopher Browne
• Robert Buxton
• Calyon
• Philippe Camus
• Ethlyn Chase
• Allan Chapin
• Anne Cox Chambers
• Paul Clemenceau
•
•
Alain Coblence
Citigroup
• Coca-Cola
• Daniel I. Sargent Charitable Trust
• Charles Davidson
• Elbrun and Peter Kimmelman
• Elizabeth de Cuevas
• Sylivia de Cuevas
• Walter J.P. Curley
• Michel David-Weill
• D’Incelli, Carrera & Associates
• EADS, Inc.
• Epstein, Becker, Green
• Euronext
• Evelyn Sharp Foundation
• Shannon Fairbanks
• Federal Express Corporation
• Irene Finel-Honigman
• Forbes Foundation
• French Heritage Society
• Marit Gentele-Gruson
• Patrick Gerschel
• Charles Grace
• Polly and John Guth
• Hachette Filipachi Holdings
• Stephan Haimo
• Catharine Hamilton
• Arthur Hartman
• Anne de la Haye Jousselin
• Amanda Haynes-Dale
• Christopher Heath
• John Heimann
• Hermès
• Hilgos Foundation
• Janine Hill
• James Houghton
• Hal Howard
• David Hunt
• IM LDK & RDK Foundation
• Invest in France Agency
• Ionian Management
• Marjorie Isaksen
• Yves-André Istel
• Daniel Ivanier
• IXIS North America
• Jean Karoubi
• Christian Keesee
• Rebecca and Loïc de Kertanguy
• Ronald Lauder
• Howard Leach
• Leonard and Elaine Silverstein Family
Foundation
• Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Foundation
• Jacques Leviant
• Troland Link
• Françoise Lionnet
• James Lowenstein
• Karin Luter
• Joanne Lyman
• Mary Elizabeth de Lyrot
• Clare Tweedy McMorris
• Jacques Maisonrouge
• Ketty and François Maisonrouge
William and Mary Greve Foundation
William Matteson
• Walter Maynard
• Melinda and William
J. van den Huevel Foundation
• Messier Partners
• Minot Milliken
• Kenneth Mountcastle
• R. Moynihan
• National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences
• Ramon de Oliviera-Cezar
• Elena and Michael Patterson
• Patricia Patterson
• Gladys Preston
• Douglas Price
• Judith Price
• Felipe Propper de Callejon
• Publicis
• Katherine Johnson Rayner
• Richemont
• Thierry Roult
• RMF Family Fund
• David Rockefeller
• Rockefeller and Co.
• Felix Rohatyn
• Rosentiel Foundation
• Alfred Ross
• Robert de Rothschild
• Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation
• John Mark Rudkin
• Lily Safra
• San Francisco Foundation
• Marion Selig
• Jonathan Spalter
• Maurice Sonnenberg
• Louise Stephaich
• Shearman & Sterling
• Société Générale
• Margaretta Taylor
• Willard Taylor
• Telluride Foundation
• Theodore & Elizabeth Weicker
Foundation
• Tishman Speyer Properties
• G. Richard Thoman
• Georges Ugeux
• Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, Katz
• Guy Wildenstein
• United States Chamber of Commerce
• Marie Voridis
• Susan Witter and Robert Gatje
• Ezra Zilkha
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•
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> OTHER SOURCES
OF SUPPORT
French-American International School
• French Government
• Invest in France Agency
• Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
• United States Embassy
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HOW TO GIVE
TO THE FOUNDATION
T
he French-American Foundation depends on the financial support of individuals, corporations
and foundations. That financial support serves to fund the French-American Foundation’s portfolio
of programs and to cover its operating expenses. The French-American Foundation’s programs
are rigorously evaluated to ensure that they should continually strengthen the French-American relationship
- and keep that relationship vivid and relevant for new generations.
If you or your company would like to support the French-American Foundation’s work, you may become
a member. Information on individual and corporate membership is available on the website.
Of course, contributions in any amount are gratefully accepted.
Please consider a matching gift program if one is available at your place of business.
For gifts of stock, you may contact our office at 212-829-8800 x16 for additional information.
The French-American Foundation is an independent, non-partisan, not- for-profit qualifying tax-exempt
organization as described in section 501(c) (3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code.
Contributions are deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
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FRENCH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
STAFF AND ADVISORS
Nicholas W. F-R. Dungan
Emma Archer
Dana Arifi
Ioanna Kohler
Chrissa La Porte
Shanny L. Peer
Marie-Noëlle Pierce
Charlotte Pinson
James Renard
Irene Savvas
Senior Advisors
Constance Ellis
Leah Pisar
Olin Robison
Anthony Smith
Ezra Suleiman
Professional Advisors
Margaret Bensfield
Anthony Knerr
Larry Mogelonsky
Clare O’Brien
Eliza Swann
President
Director
Director
Program Manager
Program Manager
Director
Director
Program Manager
Systems Manager
Office of the President
and External Liaison
Policy Advisory Council
Stanley Hoffmann, Honorary Chairman
Simon Serfaty, Chairman
Nicholas Dungan, Vice Chairman
Michel Garcin, Vice Chairman
Gilles Andréani
Antony Blinken
Sophie Body-Gendrot
David Calleo
Laurent Cohen-Tanugi
Richard Descoings
Philip H. Gordon
François Heisbourg
Tony Judt
André Kaspi
Charles Kupchan
Jonah Levy
Pierre Mélandri
Dominique Moïsi
Guillaume Parmentier
Robert Paxton
Martin Schain
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Ronald Steel
Justin Vaïsse
François Weil
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Suite 1420
New York, NY 10036
Tel: (212) 829-8800
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